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get a fix

get a fix verb: to obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after.

Verb

get a fix (third-person singular simple present gets a fix, present participle getting a fix, simple past got a fix, past participle (UK) got a fix or (US) gotten a fix)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after.

Forms of get a fix

third-person singular presentgets a fix
present participlegetting a fix
pastgot a fix
past participle UKgot a fix
past participle USgotten a fix

Questions about get a fix

What does get a fix mean?
Get a fix means to obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after.
What part of speech is get a fix?
Get a fix is a verb.
What is the past tense of get a fix?
The past tense of get a fix is got a fix.

Words near get a fix in the dictionary

  1. get a charge from
  2. get a charge out of
  3. get a clue
  4. get a dog up ya
  5. get a dog up you
  6. get a fix
  7. get a grip
  8. get a handle on
  9. get a hold of
  10. get a horse
  11. get a jag on

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