fixing 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.
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?
3. (transitive) To repair or refurbish.
   • I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.

   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.
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"

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