give\ a\ fix

give\ a\ fix
• get a fix
• give (someone) a fix
v. phr. slang drug culture
To provide (someone) with an injection of narcotics.

The neighborhood pusher gave Joe a fix.

Contrast: get a fix on

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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