fix up
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling.
Transitive verb
verb
To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin; to provide a drug (often alcoholic drink) to someone addicted to it.
Intransitive verb; Slang
Example Sentences
- "I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear."
- "Ef you don't fix me up a rake-off I got to scrap roun' fer myself."
- "Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night?"
- "Please don't fix me up with any of your tycoons"
- "Syl finally fixes Chris up with Candy, a school teacher. Of course, they hit it off instantly. They return home from a date, and before they can lock Candy's front door behind them, the two women are doing it on the rug."
- ""You and I are going dancing," he said. "I'm going to buy you a drink, and then I'm going to fix you up with someone. You've been alone too long. It's time for you to get back in circulation." "Don't fix me up," I said. "I'll go, but don't fix me up."