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fix-it

American  
[fiks-it] / ˈfɪksˌɪt /
Or fixit

adjective

Informal.
  1. of, pertaining to, doing, or involving repairs, adjustments, or improvements.

    a fix-it shop; a political fix-it man.


Example Sentences

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City of Brandon was a straightforward precedential fix-it job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Which is where “Good Fortune,” for all its grasp of how Depression-era screwball comedies made the filthy rich mockable, struggles to match its issue-driven humor with its fix-it heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

But first try moving your router and other fix-it experiments from Geoff’s column.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

It's why so many of us love a one-bowl dessert recipe, sheet pan dinner or fix-it and forget-it slow cooker situation.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2023

He did small fix-it stuff, but sometimes he wasn’t feeling well and had to cancel appointments.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate