fix-up
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪksˌʌp/
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arreglo
- I'm going to go ahead and just take my little Dyson Corral just to fix up the spots on the top of the head.
My holding costs and my fix up costs would be less.
- My holding costs and my fix up costs would be less.
Examples
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So there we go, fairly simple, fairly easy, a fix up pretty much anyone with a precision toolkit can take on.
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My holding costs and my fix up costs would be less.
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The less that you need to fix up, the better.
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So with with those tips, you know, you might be able to fix up your own gear.
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I need this to be a little fix up and it just ain't never fix it up, but it's too nice.
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You keep coming back to your corner for a quick fix-up, then go right back out into the ring for another round.
Fiction book (2002) -
And then something else has to happen, which is there is a sort of a fix up built into the Oculus runtime and into Steam VR.
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The old car needed a quick fix-up before the road trip.
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After the storm, we did a fix-up on the house to make it livable again.
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She hired a handyman for a fix-up of the bathroom to increase its appeal.
Synonyms
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2.3
Work done to fix something that is broken
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1.0
An action that makes something work again
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1.9
Repairing something to make it work again
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3.0
A repair to something that is broken or torn
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4.1
A service that adjusts and checks an engine so it runs better
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3.9
A small repair to make something look better
Antonyms
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5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
How Improved
Surface Forms
Morphology
fix-up = fix up (transparent) = fix + up
This is a straightforward nominalization of the phrasal verb 'fix up', so the repair/improvement meaning is easy to recover from the parts.
Etymology
Fix-up comes from the verb fix ('to repair' or 'make right') together with up ('completely' or 'improve'). That is why a fix-up is a small repair or improvement to make something look or work better.