out of fix

English

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Prepositional phrase

out of fix

1. (idiomatic) Wrong, broken, nonfunctional
   • 1913 November, J. R. Schmidt, “Interesting People:Alice McConaughy”, in The American Magazine‎^[1], volume LXXVI:5, page 62:

     Right now the dynamo is out of fix, so I have used the electric light current, with an interrupter.