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fixes up

VERB

prepare, beautify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

furnish rehabilitate spruce up

WEAK

deck dress up gussy up primp provide repair smarten spiff

Antonyms

WEAK

corrupt deface defile uglify

Example Sentences

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Mel works in a medical practice out of a historic home, and though part of the first season includes her distaste about her lodging, Jack fixes up her cabin in no time.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2022

Her dad, who paints and fixes up houses, was cobbling together small jobs and gone a lot.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2022

Eliot Middleton, 38, owner of Middleton & Maker Village BBQ, fixes up old cars headed for the junk pile and donates the used autos through his charity, Middleton's Village To Village Foundation.

From Fox News • Jul. 1, 2021

A couple fixes up fixer-uppers in a rundown Detroit neighborhood in the new home-renovation series “Bargain Block.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2021

He has a real old car, one that he fixes up himself to keep it running.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon