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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Which means the people complaining about the problem—those of us in leadership—are the people who need to fix it. — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 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 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 27 Oct. 2026.

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