How to Use fix up in a Sentence

fix up

verb

• In the first episode, Chelsea and Cole fix up a ranch house.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
• The plan is to fix up the Queen Mary and reopen it to the public.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• Players have to fix up an old house, work the land and rebuild the small town.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• The couple announced their plans to fix up the building back in Oct 2019.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023
• Thanks to an army of donors and volunteers, their home was fixed up.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
• So the shoot was the perfect timing to get fixed up and feel beautiful.
  — Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• Through the program, young people learn to fix up old cars, and in turn, find well-paying jobs.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 5 July 2023
• The move also eased pressure on landlords to fix up their rentals.
  — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• Kouri's family says Eric was on board with the plan to fix up the house and sell it for a large profit.
  — Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
• This is precisely why short sessions are then called; to fix up bills with holes and bills that fell through the cracks.
  — Mathew Biadun, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
• Anyway, Winnie is put in a cell, and aside from some paperwork Hilde has to fix up, the case is closed.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Jan. 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
• The drop in home sales takes away a couple of big reasons people fix up their houses.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Haven’t heated the calls in the past to fix up their, uh, employee, um, safety measures.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• Timing is a factor in choosing and fixing up a house, White said.
  — Michele Lerner, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• That raises the prospect that separatist forces might fix up the vehicle and turn it against the Ukrainians.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• Adams’s mom, a former substitute teacher, comes over twice a week to tidy up the house and fix up the flower beds for $25 an hour.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Any suggestions on how to get this family to fix up their house, or even move?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
• Any suggestions on how to get this family to fix up their house, or even move?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2024
• The city of Long Beach, which owns the vessel, says at least $5 million of work is needed to fix up the Queen Mary, which has suffered more than just wear and tear.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
• Rumors then emerged that Marvel planned extensive reshoots to fix up the story and add a lot more cameos.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 31 Dec. 2021
• In each episode, Pennington and company would swoop in and fix up someone's home in about a week.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 8 May 2024
• And restoration companies sometimes buy stoves to fix up and sell.
  — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• Homesteaders worked to fix up the building on weekends, mornings, and evenings.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2021
• Jones said the goal is to continue doing the work, and to bring Heart 9/11 back to continue fixing up houses.
  — al, 28 Feb. 2023
• Some villages that stood on the front line are so badly smashed that only a few families have been able to come back and fix up their homes.
  — Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
• Whether Varner is styling a photo shoot or helping a client fix up a ho-hum area in their home, details matter.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2022
• Executors also may have to make judgment calls, such as whether to spend the estate's money to fix up a house for sale and if so, how much.
  — Liz Weston, Star Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021
• To that point, the initial pandemic-era craze of consumers fixing up their homes and upgrading their home offices has diminished, cooling prices.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024