fix+upon

  • 21fix — v. & n. v. 1 tr. make firm or stable; fasten, secure (fixed a picture to the wall). 2 tr. decide, settle, specify (a price, date, etc.). 3 tr. mend, repair. 4 tr. implant (an idea or memory) in the mind (couldn t get the rules fixed in his head) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 22fix — [[t]fɪks[/t]] v. t. 1) to repair; mend 2) to put in order; adjust or arrange: Fix your hair![/ex] 3) to make fast, firm, or stable 4) to place definitely and more or less permanently 5) to settle definitely; determine: to fix a price[/ex] 6) to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23fix — Synonyms and related words: KO, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, adjust to, affix, afford proof of, aim, aim at, align, allocate, allot, alter, amend, anchor, annex, antitoxin, apportion, approach, arrange,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24Fix — 1. arrange matters, especially privately or dishonestly, so as to secure favourable action: fix a jury or a game ; 2. put in a condition or position to make no further trouble; 3. get even with; get revenge upon; 4. shot of heroin or some other… …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 25fix — Australian Slang 1. arrange matters, especially privately or dishonestly, so as to secure favourable action: fix a jury or a game ; 2. put in a condition or position to make no further trouble; 3. get even with; get revenge upon; 4. shot of… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 26fix one's eyes on — gaze upon, set one s sites on, stare at, look toward …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27fix — i. A geographical position determined by visual reference to the surface, by reference to one or more radio navigational aids, by celestial plotting, or by other navigational plotting, including obtaining it by intersecting two or more position… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 28fix — Adjust or regulate; determine; settle; make permanent. Term imports finality; stability; certainty; definiteness. See also firm To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform a possible or contingent liability into a …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 29fix — Adjust or regulate; determine; settle; make permanent. Term imports finality; stability; certainty; definiteness. See also firm To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform a possible or contingent liability into a …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 30To set upon — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English