fix it

idiom

: to arrange something : to do what is needed

My lawyer fixed it so I wouldn't have to go to court.

Examples of fix it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This form of cognitive bias complicates the problem of disinformation and potentially undermines attempts to fix it with verdicts. —

Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024 Social Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year, but the clock is still ticking for Congress to fix it. —

Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 7 May 2024 For the last five months, a small team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has been working to fix it. —

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024 Basically, this means AI analyzes crash dumps and pinpoints the cause so that developers can fix it. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Lawmakers have faced a decades-long political stalemate on how to fix it. —

Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024 If something went wrong with one of the huge machines that printed the newspaper, Mr. Dimmock and his team of electricians had to fix it, and fast. —

Sam Dolnick, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 Before the switch, drivers could get their accounts updated at offices around the county, including local DMVs and the courthouse in downtown Kansas City. County officials disagree on exactly why the problem has gotten so bad and who has the power to fix it. —

Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024 If something isn’t right, you’ll be guided through the steps needed to fix it or investigate it. —

David Nield / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

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