fix (someone's) wagon
To take retaliatory action against someone. Primarily heard in US. After what he's done to me, I definitely want to fix his wagon—and this nasty rumor I've started is just the beginning. You jerk! If you ever come around here again, I'll fix your wagon! Don't worry, I'll fix his wagon when he gets home.
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fix someone's wagon
Fig. to punish someone; to get even with someone; to plot against someone. If you ever do that again, I'll fix your wagon! Tommy! You clean up your room this instant, or I'll fix your wagon! He reported me to the boss, but I fixed his wagon. I knocked his lunch on the floor.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
fix (someone's) wagon
To get revenge on another.
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