fix someone's clock

verb

Synonym of clean someone's clock.

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Meanings

verbfix someone's clock (third-person singular simple present fixes someone's clock, present participle fixing someone's clock, simple past and past participle fixed someone's clock)

present singular third person fixes someone's clock · participle present fixing someone's clock · participle past fixed someone's clock · past fixed someone's clock

  1. Synonym of clean someone's clock.

    High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.

    1909, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “He Also Serves”, in Options

    Synonyms: clean someone's clock

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of clean someone's clock.

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Chicago

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