fixer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that fixes, sets, adjusts, or repairs.
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Informal.
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a person who arranges matters in advance, or acts as a liaison.
The film crew hired a fixer for the foreign location shoot.
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a person who neutralizes problems for another, as for an individual or organization whose reputation is threatened by past misdeeds or conflicts, often through bribery or influence.
The agent also worked as a fixer for several movie stars, keeping sex scandals and drug arrests out of the tabloids.
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Informal. fixer-upper.
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Photography. fixative.
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Slang. a person who sells narcotics to addicts.
noun
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a person or thing that fixes
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photog a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing, to dissolve unexposed silver halides. It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
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slang a person who makes arrangements, esp by underhand or illegal means
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Hired as a Skyline security guard, Aaron is promoted to fixer, keeping himself and Skyline’s A-listers closeted by any means necessary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Musk’s fixer, Jared Birchall, are also expected to testify on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Rachel was practically engaged to Eugene Moynihan, the son of a local businessman and political fixer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Ting-Wei Sun was described in the filing as a "fixer" who worked with others to conceal the scheme.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
To defend John Ramsey, Roan’s alleged shooter, Hale hired an attorney named Jim Springer, who was known as a fixer.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
The whole letter is Bezos’ grievance talking, laundered through one of his fixers.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026
Others were open about their fees, saying a network of fixers would also get a cut.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
Cue the fixers, including the bald, quiet muscle Igor, in Sean Baker’s “Anora.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
She showed me several homes that sent my heart fluttering, but then pointed out potential problems, like rot under a coated deck and the long wait for contractors for low-priced fixers.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
Analyses of horse-manure 283 X. The nature of the chemical reactions of ammonia "fixers" 284 XI.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
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