fix up

verb

fixed up; fixing up; fixes up

transitive verb

1

: refurbish

fix up the attic

2

: to set right : settle

fixed up their dispute

3

: to provide with something needed or wanted

especially : to arrange a date for

Examples of fix up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most commonly those investors are fixing up homes in poor condition and turning them over to larger corporations that own hundreds or thousands of rental properties. —Kevin Hardy, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024

At that time, Doe also promised to build his father a garage and to buy him some cars to fix up, per the latest round of filings. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024

But some of their most iconic ensembles are from their days on The Simple Life, the duo’s joint reality show which saw the the 20-something’s ditching Los Angeles for a life of milking cows, fixing up cars, and working at Sonic—often with their heeled sandals and designer sunglasses still in tact. —Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 12 June 2024

Last season the pair bought and fixed up a Palm Springs motel, turning it into a pink utopia. —Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 31 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1