Idiom
get a fix
Meaning
To obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to get a fix of coffee before I start work.”
“He checks his phone constantly because he needs to get a fix of social media updates every hour.”
“The artist felt a desperate need to get a fix of creative inspiration, so she spent the entire weekend painting in her quiet studio.”
Examples
simple
“I need to get a fix of coffee before I start work.”
contextual
“He checks his phone constantly because he needs to get a fix of social media updates every hour.”
complex
“The artist felt a desperate need to get a fix of creative inspiration, so she spent the entire weekend painting in her quiet studio.”
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