fix-up

[ fiks-uhp ]

noun

1. repair; improvement:

   fix-ups that will make the house more saleable.

fix up

verb

1. to arrange

   let's fix up a date

2. often foll by with to provide

   I'm sure we can fix you up with a room

3. informal.
   to repair or rearrange

   to fix up one's house

Word History and Origins

Origin of fix-up¹

1825–35, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase fix up

Example Sentences

Picnics at the Hollywood Bowl, movie nights at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, talking on the phone, fixing up smith’s apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

Handy with tools, Daniel offers to help Katie fix up her new home.

From Los Angeles Times

Favorite activities: Picnics at the Hollywood Bowl, movie nights at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, talking on the phone, fixing up smith’s apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

He pointed out the charred cars he had been fixing up to sell.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the Victorian and Queen Anne homes are fixed up, some are boarded up, and most have front porches where people gather.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• furnish
• rehabilitate
• spruce up