fixes

Noun

fix (plural fixes)

1. A repair or corrective action.
   • That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
   • It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!

   Synonyms:

   ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits

3. (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
   • And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.1953, William Lee [pseudonym; William S. Burroughs], Junkie, New York: Ace Books
   1. (broadly, figuratively, slang) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
   2. (broadly, figuratively, slang) A compulsive desire or thrill.
4. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
   • As the professional thief notes: You can tell by the way the case is handled in court when the fix is in.1963, Howard Saul Becker, Outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, page 160

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