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Definition of Fix up
1. Verb. Find (something or someone) for. "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"
2. Verb. Make arrangements for. "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"
Generic synonyms: Agree, Concord, Concur, Hold
Specialized synonyms: Firm Up, Concord, Settle
Derivative terms: Arrangement, Arranger
Definition of Fix up
1. Verb. (transitive) To provide (someone) (''with'' something); to furnish. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To repair or refurbish. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To prepare or provide (something). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fix Up
Literary usage of Fix up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani (2000)
"Try reading aloud a difficult piece of text and have students record the fix-up
strategies you use to regain meaning. TEACHING POINT: Good readers isolate ..."
2. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1902)
"Court Record, Page 22—5 April, 1698: Adms. to Mary the Widow, and further order
to fix up the house, and what she shall pay out upon it of her part of the ..."
3. Ordered to China: Letters of Wilbur J. Chamberlin Written from China While by Wilbur J Chamberlin (1903)
"Reeves and I will fix up another. Of course I won't live in it a great while,
but Reeves rnay spend there the entire four years he is to be in Peking. ..."
4. Canadian Camp Life by Frances Elizabeth Herring (1900)
"CHAPTER IV MR AND MRS WENTWORTH, with their camping outfit, arrived to-day, and
all hands were busily employed in helping them to ' fix up. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"A. No ; it was not to fix up these gifts, exactly. ... Judge Knowles states that
he was anxious that Judge Davis should fix up his matters by a will at that ..."
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