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fixing to

fixing to is the present participle and gerund of fix to.

Meaning of fix to

Verb

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

  1. (Appalachia, Southern US, dated, informal, intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To intend or prepare to do something.
    • I’m fixing to whoop you if you don’t shut up.

Synonyms of fixing to

Forms of fixing to

alternative formfina
alternative formfitna
alternative formfixna
alternative formfinna

Questions about fixing to

What is fixing to the present participle and gerund of?
Fixing to is the present participle and gerund of fix to.

Words near fixing to in the dictionary

  1. fixing rooms
  2. fixing someone's clock
  3. fixing someone's flint
  4. fixing someone's wagon
  5. fixing the roof while the sun is shining
  6. fixing to
  7. fixing up
  8. fixing upon
  9. fixings
  10. fixism
  11. fixist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fixing to (page history and authors); fix to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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