Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Fix up
Both terms in one sentence
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He's probably the straightest example, being fleshed out as a local country boy who can handle a gun and is able to fix up the house.
- Fixer Sues can only fix up other pairs if they're this sort, unless they know they will get removed from the storyline (and stay that way).
Source: Relationship Sue -
In the MacGyver episode "Last Stand", Mac is holding some piece of equipment that he's supposedly going to use to fix up a plane so the bad guys can escape.
Source: Expospeak Gag
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