fix up
To provide with somethingTo provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
» Do you want me to fix you up with Tom?
Meaning
8 senses(ambitransitive, informal)To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.
versorgen, ausstatten
(transitive, usually)To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling.
Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night?
(transitive)To repair or refurbish.
I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.
herrichten, reparieren, ausbessern
(informal, transitive)To prepare or provide (something).
His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight.
vorbereiten, fertig machen, arrangieren
(Multicultural London English, slang)To get one's act together; to sort oneself out.
(dated, slang)To settle up with; reimburse.
(slang, transitive)To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone.
(intransitive, slang)To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin; to provide a drug (often alcoholic drink) to someone addicted to it.
- find (something or someone) for
- make arrangements for
Examples
18 sentencesDo you want me to fix you up with Tom?
I'm going to fix myself up.
I'll fix it up with Tom.
I'm going to fix you up with Tom.
We'll fix you up.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 3
Forms
fixes up, fixing up, fixed up, fixed upPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
23 synonyms- make arrangements for:arrange
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb