Bend
Bend verb - To cause (something) to hold to another.
Usage example: bend a leash to the dog's collar
Fix
Fix verb - To cause (something) to hold to another.
Usage example: first, you need to fix those pieces of wood together
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- Never mind that he has been known to raise the dead in order to fix their mistakes and bend reality to suit the needs of the plot.
Source: Author Powers -
As such, the state of the city is SO far around the apocalyptic bend that the ostensible cherry on Blackwatch's villainy sundae — nuking Manhattan — can seem more like a reasonable, if grim, last-ditch effort to fix their mistake.
Source: Videogame / [PROTOTYPE] -
At one point, there was also an amusing series of videos created by (female) TGWTG fans dressing up as their favorite (male) reviewers and demanding that the fandom fix this crackfic singularity gender bend... thing.
Source: Rule 63 aka: Rule 63
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Fix and Bend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bend/fix
Bend & Fix. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bend/fix>.
Fix or Bend. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bend/fix.
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