fix it

phrase

: to arrange something : to do what is needed
My lawyer fixed it so I wouldn't have to go to court.

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In an Austin school district where buses are equipped with cameras, Waymos were recorded illegally passing them more than twenty times in the past school year—a problem that persisted even after the company tried to fix it. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 As crews figure out how to fix it, residents and school buses that come through daily have to go the extra mile. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Remarkably, the state Legislature doesn’t seem in any rush to fix it. — Gretchen Carlson, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026 One room of it has recently been converted into a studio of sorts for her partner Mehmet (Metin Akdülger), an experimental musician who is as likely to want to record the sound of a malfunctioning kitchen appliance as to fix it. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fix it

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“Fix it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix%20it. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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