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fixing

/ˈfɪksɪŋ/ verb C2
  1. Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to. (slang) · It's fixing to rain.
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Verb forms

Base form
fixing
He/she/it
fixings
Past
fixinged
Past participle
fixinged
-ing form
fixinging

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“I saw him myself, standing upon that chair and fixing the big picture above it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 30 · C1
Fixing her with my eye in a way which I always found effective with women, I asked her at what hour her son returned.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 64 · B2
I like that way of fixing her hair.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 278 · C1
It is true that a shutter had half closed outside and obstructed the view, but none the less it was certainly at the window that Holmes was fixing his concentrated attention.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 65 · B2

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