to fix up
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- phrasal verb
- /fɪks ʌp/
- Informal
:
arreglar algo para alguien
- She's gonna fix up an interview for me with this guy that runs
- fix you up with my sister
- friends to fix him up
- trying to fix me up
And so I said, OK, I said, if you can fix up this record deal and do all that, I'll sign with you.
- And so I said, OK, I said, if you can fix up this record deal and do all that, I'll sign with you.
Examples
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She'll fix you up.
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"Mom was looking to fix me up with him, right?"
Fiction book (1993) -
I'll fix you up with some pain killers.
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Coretta offers to fix you up with her cousin Harold.
Fiction book (1997) -
As Mr Tarrant probably explained, we want to fix you up with a homing device.
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I'll ask my friend to fix up a meeting for you with the hiring manager.
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She plans to fix up her brother with a nice girl from her class.
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Can you help me fix up a ride to the airport tomorrow?
Synonyms
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Arrange for someone or something to be available when needed
How Arranged
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'fix' can carry a meaning of setting or arranging and the particle 'up' often adds a sense of completion or an arranged outcome, so a learner who knows the parts could plausibly infer that 'fix up' involves arranging or putting something in order. However, the particular pragmatic nuance — arranging something for someone as a favor or facilitating a meeting — is tied to phrasal-verb usage and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Fix up may come from the idea of doing the work for someone: fix (to prepare) and up (to set in place). If you fix up an apartment or an interview for someone, you are arranging it for them as a favor, so it means 'to arrange for someone' or 'to help them get' something.