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
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
But the new owners had fixed up the place, there hadn’t been police activity in years, and families were now living there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
“They fixed up their homes, and then when they were ready to sell, they got a little bit lucky.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
If she had it her way it would all be perfectly fixed up to look as it had been when she was my age.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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
Before long, Larson was loading about 20 fixed-up pedal toys in the back of this truck and taking them to area small-town festivals.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2014
Your fix-it father has got a fixed-up rudder—I’m on my way home!
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
