To repair or renovate something; to arrange or organize something for someone; or to arrange for two people to meet romantically.
To repair something old, to arrange something for someone, or to introduce two people who might become a couple.
3 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
To repair, renovate, or improve a building, room, or object.
"They bought an old farmhouse and spent the summer fixing it up."
We're going to fix up the basement and turn it into a playroom.
— Common American home renovation context; widely used in HGTV programming and interviews
To arrange or organize something for someone, such as accommodation, a meeting, or an opportunity.
"Can you fix me up with somewhere to stay while I'm in town?"
To arrange for two people to meet each other, especially romantically.
"My sister fixed me up with her colleague and we've been dating ever since."
To make something fixed (repaired) and good — 'up' adds a sense of improvement or completion.
To repair something old, to arrange something for someone, or to introduce two people who might become a couple.
Very versatile and common in everyday American English. The renovation sense ('fix up the house') and the arrangement sense ('fix you up with a friend') are most frequent. The romantic matchmaking sense is colloquial. Common in both AmE and BrE.
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