Mr. Fixit

American  

[fiks-it] / ˈfɪks ɪt /

noun

Informal.

1. a person who characteristically repairs or tinkers with things, as household appliances (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).

2. a person who epitomizes the ability or tendency to manage situations or solve problems (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).

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Etymology

Origin of Mr. Fixit

First recorded in 1920–25; from verb phrase fix it

Example Sentences

Portsmouth were on the brink of bankruptcy when he bought them in 1999 before being revived under his stewardship in a pattern which would earn him a reputation as football's 'Mr Fixit'.

From BBC

“I used to say that he liked to call himself ‘the fixer,’ or ‘Mr. Fixit,’ and it was only because he first broke it that he was able to fix it,” Hope Hicks snarked.

From Slate

He used to revel in the nickname "Mr Fixit".

From BBC

The unusually large amount at stake reflects Mr. Claure’s singular role at SoftBank, where he has been part Mr. Fixit and part ambassador — untangling messy investments, scouting out lucrative opportunities and wooing start-up founders — since joining in 2017.

From New York Times

Keller is the Mr. Fixit of the chip design world: he helped Apple with its in-house A-series chips, AMD with its Zen architecture, and Tesla with its Self-Driving Computer chip.

From The Verge