fix someone's clock en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fixed someone's clock | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fixed someone's clock | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fixes someone's clock | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fixing someone's clock | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |