FIX UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fix up mean? 

• FIX UP (verb)
  The verb FIX UP has 2 senses:

1. find (something or someone) for

2. make arrangements for

  Familiarity information: FIX UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIX UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Find (something or someone) for

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

I'll fix you up with a nice girl

Hypernyms (to "fix up" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody with something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make arrangements for

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

arrange; fix up

Context example:

Can you arrange a meeting with the President?

Hypernyms (to "fix up" is one way to...):

agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fix up"):

firm up (arrange firmly)

concord (arrange by concord or agreement)

settle (dispose of; make a financial settlement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“He was able to fix up his own little hiding-place without any confederate—save, of course, that precious housekeeper of his, whom I should lose no time in adding to your bag, Lestrade.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You go and fix up that laundry, and then we'll get together.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You could be in the market to buy a house or condo, or you may be thinking of hiring a contractor to fix up your present home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He could fix up Lizzie, redeem all his promises, and still have enough left to build his grass-walled castle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If you hope to move or fix up your present digs, you might hear sudden, happy news that will help you advance your plans over the weekend of December 14-15.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you would rather stay in your current apartment or house, you can instead fix up your space with the help of an architect, a contractor, painters, repair men, or decorator.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)