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Phrase(s): fix someone up (with something)
to supply someone with something. • I will fix you up with some alcohol and bandages. • The clerk fixed up the lady with what she needed. • Larry wanted some film and the clerk fixed him up with the best., Phrase(s): fix someone up (with someone) [and] line someone up (with someone)
to arrange for someone to have a date or a companion. • They lined John up with my cousin, Jane. • John didn’t want us to fix him up. • We fixed up Bob with a date., Phrase(s): fix someone or something up
to rehabilitate someone or something. • The doctor said he could fix me up with a few pills. • The doctor fixed up the injured hunter and sent him home.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Repair, refurbish, or renew. For example, They're busy fixing up their house, or We fixed ourselves up before we ventured outside. [Late 1700s] 2. fix someone up. Provide or furnish someone with something, as in He can fix you up with a new car, or Can you fix up my friend with a date for the dance? [Colloquial; c. 1930] 3. Smooth over or settle, as in You'd think they could fix up these small differences. [Late 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms