fixer
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈfɪkər/
:
arreglador
- Hanover even married the daughter of the businessman/fixer whose cronies had rigged the hospital contract.
- a fixer
You know, I'll be a fixer, I'll be a translator.
- You know, I'll be a fixer, I'll be a translator.
- I think he has been always been a fixer, right?
- And the worst thing you can do is allow the fixer to be the very one who broke it.
- You know, my first guest tonight is a Washington fixer named Olivia Pope on the hit show Scandal.
- But I I do focus on my own needs a lot now where you know that empath, that fixer saviour, I have to draw that back.
- OK, so I'm sure many of you have, many of you have heard like men tend to want to be fixers.
Examples
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The so-called Golden Age of Canadian foreign policy was characterized by Canada's role as a "helpful fixer" and "honest broker."
Academic text (2004) -
She became his fixer, the one who cleaned up after him.
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I think he has been always been a fixer, right?
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And the worst thing you can do is allow the fixer to be the very one who broke it.
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The book's dedicated to "the Fixer who told me this story."
Blog text (16) -
It is possible to be a fixer and not lose yourself.
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You know, my first guest tonight is a Washington fixer named Olivia Pope on the hit show Scandal.
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The characters of the journalist and the fixer are very profoundly drawn.
Blog text (16) -
We live in a rural community and bought a decently sized fixer-upper with a huge yard for fairly cheap.
Blog text (29) -
The political fixer arranged the meeting behind closed doors to keep the negotiations quiet.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person who finds answers to problems by thinking carefully, like puzzles or math questions
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3.1
A person who finds answers to difficult situations
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4.1
A person who finds and fixes problems in machines, systems, or organizations
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5.1
A person or system that finds solutions to problems
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8.8
A person who uses their contacts to get money or favors for others, often in dishonest ways
A person who corrects wrongs or mistakes
Compounds
How Ruthless
- NSFW
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7.2
- Literature
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8.5
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6.1
- Specialized
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4.1
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fixer comes from the verb fix, which once meant 'to fasten' and is linked to the old Latin root figere meaning 'to fasten'. So a fixer is someone who 'fastens' loose problems or arranges results behind the scenes, which is why the word often means a person who solves problems using influence or shady methods.