fixed up

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The bathroom is a part of Abraham Lincoln's office and cabinet room, which former President Harry Truman fixed up as a part of his massive renovation of the White House in the late 1940s.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Mohammed fixed up a job before he even hit UK soil, he says, as his cousin was already here and working illegally.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Jenner remarried a month later — less than a year after getting fixed up with Caitlyn Jenner on a blind date.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

A jaunty waltz like “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” from “Fiddler,” could not, after all, be more conventional in its framing: Two poor young sisters dream of being fixed up with perfect husbands.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

“Oh, we’ll have dis town all fixed up tereckly. Don’t miss bein’ at de meetin’ tuhmorrow.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston