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
  • The drop in home sales takes away a couple of big reasons people fix up their houses.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Fluhr said the bike repair shop is also offering kids in the district who can’t afford a bike the chance to come in and help fix up a couple of bikes and learn the process.
    James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Over the next year, much of the team’s efforts will be behind fixing up the classic Neopets site to address basic things like broken links.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 20 July 2023
  • Griffin’s company fixed up one home at a time, selling the first few at a loss to lure buyers and reset the housing market.
    Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But the two retailers may get less of a lift if there are fewer new homebuyers looking to fix up houses.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Mechanics need access to these parts in order to build up the know-how required to fix up EVs when they get involved in accidents.
    WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But that didn’t stop the owner of four restaurants in Western Maryland from fixing up a motel nearby — just so her staff would have somewhere to live.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Organizations have been working to fix up some of the vacant houses, Phillips said.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Refurbished tech has been previously owned, returned to the factory, and fixed up to work like new.
    Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023

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