fixing someone's clock
fixing someone's clock is the present participle and gerund of fix someone's clock.
Meaning of fix someone's clock
Verb
fix someone's clock (third-person singular simple present fixes someone's clock, present participle fixing someone's clock, simple past and past participle fixed someone's clock)
- Synonym of clean someone's clock.
- High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.1909, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “He Also Serves”, in Options
- Synonyms:
- clean someone's clock
Questions about fixing someone's clock
- What is fixing someone's clock the present participle and gerund of?
- Fixing someone's clock is the present participle and gerund of fix someone's clock.
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