🛠️ To repair 🛠️ A repair 📅 To set or decide 📌 To attach firmly 🍽️ To prepare food 😬 A problem 👀 To focus attention 💉 A needed dose 🕵️ To cheat or rig 🐱 To sterilize 🧭 Exact location 😠 To get revenge 💰 An illegal deal 🧪 To preserve tissue

to fix

29 8.2

To get revenge on someone for something they did

verb
/fɪks/

Informal

: vengarse de

Finally, the cook had had enough, and she decided to fix him.
fix someone's wagon
fix that bastard
fix you good

Examples

But we are going to fix his wagon, make no mistake!

Fiction book (1996)
I'm going to fix her, show her who's got the power.

Fiction book (1990)
You wait, I'll fix you.

China Seas (1935)
There's only one way to fix him, says the father.

Fiction book (2001)
I'm gonna fix him, and he won't know the difference.

RoboCop (2014)
Cas: If there was time, if I was strong enough, I'd fix him now.

Blog text (28)
We'll fix him fine.

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Fix him for good!

The Outsider (1997)
After what he did to me, I knew I had to fix him somehow.
She vowed to fix her ex-boyfriend for the way he treated her.

Synonyms

to get

vsto fix

∞ 2.3

To score a point or goal in a game

is mainly about revenge as punishment, not game or achievement contexts

to punish

vsto fix

821 1.0

Make someone suffer for doing something wrong

is revenge focused on personal retaliation rather than official punishment

to retaliate

vsto fix

105 7.3

To hurt someone because they hurt you

is about taking revenge more generally rather than only direct harm

to avenge

vsto fix

95 4.9

Punish someone who hurt you or someone you care about

leans more toward revenge as punishment rather than formal justice

to get back at

vsto fix

Informal

77 5.6

To do something to hurt someone because they hurt you

is the broader idea of revenge, not only single acts of punishment

to get even

vsto fix

Informal

46 5.4

To do something to hurt someone because they hurt you

highlights revenge as punishment rather than simply restoring balance

to stick it to

vsto fix

Informal

40 8.6

Punish or hurt someone to get revenge

is the general idea of revenge without the strong defiant tone

to settle

vsto fix

Offensive

36 8.6

To take revenge on someone who harmed you

is used here as the general act of retaliation rather than legal remedy

to get back

vsto fix

Informal

24 4.2

Do something to hurt someone because they hurt you

frames revenge as punishment, not merely any response to harm

to pay back

vsto fix

Informal

9 3.2

Do something to someone to hurt them for what they did

focuses on revenge specifically as a form of punishment rather than any return

to revenge

vsto fix

9 4.2

To harm someone because they hurt you or someone you care about

is the verb form used for acting out punishment for a wrong

to settle a score

vsto fix

Offensive

2 6.2

To get revenge for something someone did to you

focuses on revenge as punishment rather than neutral dispute resolution

to pay off

vsto fix

Informal

1 5.1

Take revenge on someone for a wrong

emphasizes revenge as a punitive act rather than a general settling

to pay off old scores

vsto fix

Informal

8.2

To get revenge or settle a past wrong

stresses revenge as punitive action rather than merely ending a dispute

to settle someone's hash

vsto fix

Slang

9.3

To punish or defeat someone to stop their harmful actions

is about revenge as punishment, not only decisive practical action

to fix someone's wagon

vsto fix

Offensive

9.6

Punish someone for something they did to you

is the neutral concept of revenge rather than the colloquial tone

Antonyms

to forgive

∞ 1.4

To stop feeling angry at someone or yourself for a mistake

to pardon

211 3.0

To forgive someone for a small mistake or rude act

Idioms

in a fix

Informal

3 7.6

In a difficult situation that makes you unsure what to do

to fix someone's wagon

Offensive

9.6

Punish someone for something they did to you

to fix the roof while the sun is shining

Informal

6.5

Take action now while things are good

Phrasal Verbs

to fix up

25 2.8

To arrange a meeting or appointment

to fix up

Informal

16 3.7

To arrange for someone to meet another person or get something as a favor

to fix a car

1 1.7

To make a car work properly again

to fix a leak

1 2.0

To repair a break in a pipe that lets water or gas out

to fix the crack

1 1.4

To repair a break or hole in a surface so it is smooth and whole again

to fix the dent

1 2.8

Repair a small inward bend in metal, for example a car door

to fix the bottleneck

3.9

Make a slow part of a process faster to stop delays

to fix the gap

2.5

Close a space between two things to stop air or light coming through

to get a fix of

NSFW

8.0

Have a small amount of something you want to feel better for a short time

Compounds

quick fix

27 4.2

A fast temporary solution that only works for a short time

next fix

NSFW

3 9.9

The next dose of an addictive drug that a person badly wants

fix-it shop

2 3.0

A place that repairs household things like clocks and toasters

fix-up

1 3.4

A small job to make something look or work better

fix-up

Informal

1 3.8

An arrangement for two people to meet so they can begin dating

fix of adrenaline

Informal

6.3

A sudden strong feeling of excitement and energy in a thrilling or stressful situation

fix-up

Slang

8.8

A dishonest plan to make a result unfair in a game or election

quick-and-dirty fix

Informal

6.6

A quick temporary solution made without care for small details

How Vengeful

to ruin

∞ 2.0

to avenge

95 4.9

to fix

Informal

29 8.2

to get even

Informal

46 5.4

to retaliate

105 7.3

Surface Forms

fix infinitive

fixed past

fixed past participle

fixing present participle

fixes third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the revenge use is to think of fix as making someone's fate certain; to fix someone in this sense is to arrange harm or punishment for them.