"fix up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-fix up.ogg [Australia] Forms: fixes up [present, singular, third-person], fixing up [participle, present], fixed up [participle, past], fixed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fix up (third-person singular simple present fixes up, present participle fixing up, simple past and past participle fixed up)
  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Translations (to provide someone with something): järjestää (Finnish), hoitaa (Finnish), junailla (Finnish), versorgen (German), ausstatten (German), cuir caoi ar (Irish)
    Sense id: en-fix_up-en-verb-QFeklxuq Disambiguation of 'to provide someone with something': 81 2 1 14 2
  2. (transitive, always with with) To set up a date or to introduce people with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fix_up-en-verb-HzAlKKje
  3. (transitive) To repair or refurbish. Tags: transitive Synonyms: repair Translations (to repair or refurbish): duunata (Finnish), kunnostaa (Finnish), réparer (French), herrichten (German), reparieren (German), ausbessern (German), aufbessern (German), überarbeiten (German), renovieren (German), aufbauen (German), in Ordnung bringen (German), fixa till (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fix_up-en-verb-Z9EWctES Disambiguation of 'to repair or refurbish': 1 1 90 1 7
  4. (informal, transitive) To prepare or provide (something). Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to prepare or provide something): järjestää (Finnish), vorbereiten (German), fertig machen (German), arrangieren (German), versorgen (German)
    Sense id: en-fix_up-en-verb-DWkcVWoh Disambiguation of 'to prepare or provide something': 7 9 1 81 1
  5. (slang, dated) To settle up with; reimburse. Tags: dated, slang Derived forms: fixer-upper, fixup [noun], fix-up [noun]
    Sense id: en-fix_up-en-verb-pVcIQ81K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 29 2 56 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 6 18 21 6 49

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to repair or refurbish",
      "word": "fixa till"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prepare or provide something",
      "word": "järjestää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare or provide something",
      "word": "vorbereiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare or provide something",
      "word": "fertig machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare or provide something",
      "word": "arrangieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prepare or provide something",
      "word": "versorgen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fix up"
}

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