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fix on

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*fix on something 
1. the exact location of something distant. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I can't get a fix on your location. Where are you? We are trying to get a fix on your radio transmission.
2. Fig. an understanding of the direction of a discussion. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I can't quite get a fix on what you're trying to say. I can't get a fix on where you're going with this argument.
See also: fix

fix (up)on someone or something

to become preoccupied with someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) She seems to have fixed upon becoming a pilot. James is quite fixed on Janet.
See also: fix

fix something on(to) something

to attach something onto something. We fixed a notice onto the broken door so people wouldn't use it. Please fix a label on this package.
See also: fix
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As John Dashwood had no more pleasure in music than his eldest sister, his mind was equally at liberty to fix on any thing else; and a thought struck him during the evening, which he communicated to his wife, for her approbation, when they got home.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
I had only to fix on the levers and depart then like a ghost.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Couple this with the fact we already knew, from the letter at the poste restante, that there was actually a man in Paris who was passing as Robert Darzac, why did we not immediately fix on Fred himself?
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
 
 
 
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