- be fixing to do something
- N. Amer. informal be intending to do something.→ fix
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
be fixing to do something
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fixing — Procedure in NTS (New Trading System) on the base of which prices are fixed. NYSE Euronext Glossary * * * fixing UK US /ˈfɪksɪŋ/ noun [C or U] ► FINANCE the process of setting the price of something, especially gold, according to supply and… … Financial and business terms
fixing — noun 1. the act of putting something in working order again (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑repair, ↑fix, ↑fixture, ↑mend, ↑mending, ↑reparation • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fixing — fix·ing || fɪksɪŋ n. setting in place, installing; repairing; stabilizing fɪks n. embarrassing situation, predicament (Slang); location, position (i.e. of a ship or individual); clear understanding; dose of a narcotic drug or something which … English contemporary dictionary
fixing — /ˈfɪksɪŋ/ (say fiksing) noun 1. the act of someone or something that fixes. 2. (plural) Colloquial accessories; trimmings: salad with all the fixings. {US (1820s) …
fixing agent — noun a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) • Syn: ↑fixer • Hypernyms: ↑compound, ↑chemical compound • Hyponyms: ↑fixative, ↑hypo, ↑sodi … Useful english dictionary
price-fixing — ˈprice ˌfixing noun [uncountable] 1. COMMERCE LAW when companies in an industry agree on the prices they will charge for something. This form of price fixing is done so that companies avoid competing with each other, and is normally illegal: •… … Financial and business terms
run down something — run down (someone/something) 1. to search for and find someone or something. We spend a lot of money each year running down students who are out of school illegally. The software giant spent months running down bugs in the program and fixing them … New idioms dictionary
get off on something — 1. in. to get pleasure from something; to become sexually aroused by something. □ I don’t get off on music anymore. □ I listen, but I just don’t get off. 2. in. to take a drug and experience a rush. (Drugs.) □ Max likes to get off, but he’s got… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
nitrogen-fixing — adjective Describing something, normally a plant or microbe, able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere. Legumes are nitrogen fixing plants, growing them actually adds nitrogen to the soil rather than using it up. See… … Wiktionary
not know beans (about something) — tv. o know nothing about something. □ Don’t pay any attention to her. She doesn’t know beans. □ I don’t know beans about fixing cars … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
