fix up

Verb

fix up (third-person singular simple present fixes up, present participle fixing up, simple past and past participle fixed up)

1. (ambitransitive, informal) To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
   • I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.
   • Ef you don't fix me up a rake-off I got to scrap roun' fer myself.1913, Harris Dickson, The Saturday Evening Post - Volume 186
2. (transitive, usually) To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling.
   • Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night?
   • Please don't fix me up with any of your tycoons1975, Shelley Steinmann List, Nobody Makes Me Cry
3. (transitive) To repair or refurbish.
   • I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.
   • Creech is flexible enough to hide inside of the old truck that Tripp is fixing up, and Tripp discovers that, with the right tweaking, the oil-guzzling Creech can actually power that truck from the inside.2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club

   Synonyms:

   amend, correct, fix, furbish, retrieve, make whole, mend, patch, put to rights, rectify

4. (informal, transitive) To prepare or provide (something).
   • His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight.
   • Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX...
5. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) To get one's act together; to sort oneself out.
   • Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark.2003 July 21, “Fix Up, Look Sharp” (track 6), in Boy In Da Corner, performed by Dizzy Rascal
6. (dated, slang) To settle up with; reimburse.
   • "If you don't fix me up I'll report you and have your whole shop raided.”1906, Myra Kelly, "A Soul Above Buttons"
   • I didn't extend credit to other kids, but after he'd become a regular customer he asked me to take some bets for which he'd fix me up later.2016, Steve Austin, Working Dog Heroes
7. (slang, transitive) To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone.
8. (intransitive, slang) To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin; to provide a drug (often alcoholic drink) to someone addicted to it.