get a fix

Obtain a needed dose of something, especially but not necessarily a narcotic drug. For example, Heroin addicts will do anything to get their fix, or Chris referred to her daily swim in the pool as her chlorine fix. The noun fix has been used for a narcotic dose since the 1930s, and was extended to other compulsively sought things about two decades later. Also see get a fix on.

get a fix

and get a gift

tv. to buy drugs; to take a dose of drugs. (Drugs.) Gert had to get home and get a fix.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sofija	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Valerian	və-LIR-ee-ən (English)	History, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian
Aureole	AWR-ee-ol	English (Rare)
Boswell	['bɔzwəl]
KristÍNa	-	Slovak
Alexandra	al-əg-ZAN-drə (English), ah-lek-SAHN-drah (German, Romanian, Spanish, Italian), ah-lək-SAHN-drah (Dutch), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Portuguese), ə-lə-SHAN-drə (Brazilian Portuguese)	English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian,