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fix someone's wagon

idiom
Meaning

To cause injury, distress, or inconvenience to someone, especially as punishment or as a comeuppance.


Origin

disputed origin

From an archaic sense of fix, "to fix in place, render unable to move", which survives in the word affix.

Examples
SIMPLE

If he keeps lying to me, I will fix his wagon.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager decided to fix the dishonest employee's wagon by reporting his actions to the board.

COMPLEX

After discovering the betrayal, she plotted a clever scheme to fix his wagon and ensure he faced the full consequences of his deceit.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    another nail in someone's coffin

    An event that increases the likelihood of or causes further failure.

  2. 02

    answer someone's prayers

    To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

  3. 03

    answer to someone's prayers

    Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.

  4. 04

    apple of someone's eye

    The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.

  5. 05

    bane of someone's existence

    Someone or something that poses a significant problem to someone.

  6. 06

    bash someone's face in

    To beat someone violently.

  7. 07

    bash someone's head

    To beat up someone violently.

  8. 08

    be someone's to lose

    To be anticipated to be won by someone.

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