Meaning of fix someone's wagon | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause injury, distress, or inconvenience to someone, especially as punishment or as a comeuppance.

idiomatic

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Examples

“When Randy Gumpert went in to hurl the sixth the Yankees immediately fixed his wagon. Successive errors by Steve Souchock and Stirnweiss, the latter making his first misplay of the year at third base⟳, put⟳ two runners on and both counted.”

“According to Mr Breeden, Lord Black said that the libel laws in the UK and Canada would permit⟳ him to sue and indicated he would go after the houses of board⟳ members. […] "He was going to fix⟳ their wagon good," said Mr Breeden.”

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