fixed up
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Driving around the Aetna neighborhood on a recent afternoon, Wiseman pointed to the plots he helped clear—and the two- or three-bedroom homes that have been fixed up nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
Mugenyi is a reseller, one of a small community of entrepreneurs who comb the Greater Seattle area for pre-owned goods that can be fixed up or parted out and sold for a profit, often overseas.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
“It was just get it fixed up, get it taped up and get back out there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
“I’ll have him all fixed up in two seconds.”
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
They have rented the first of these fixed-up houses to the artists Paul Verdell and Jamea Richmond-Edwards for about 30 percent under market rate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
Someone who didn’t need to present herself as perfectly fixed-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2021
I was driving my recently fixed-up 1973 VW Super Beetle.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2018
For every fixed-up row house, there is another run down or abandoned.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
Your fix-it father has got a fixed-up rudder—I’m on my way home!
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
