get a fix
To obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after.
verb
To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
She sniffed, too, comprehendingly, and fixed her son with a relentless eye.
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
noun
A repair or corrective action.
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
"How come you're in this fix?"
A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
And Cash told me of cases where two hips take a fix together and then one pulls out his badge.
Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke. Yage may be the final fix.
A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
noun
Abbreviation of factor IX (clotting factor IX).