Fix
Fix verb - To come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of.
Usage example: make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Both terms in one sentence
- When Timmy and Chip wind up switching voices, Timmy now has the ability to fix the glass Chip broke with Timmy's awful voice.
Source: Glass-Shattering Sound - In Breath of Fire III After going across the ocean and stepping into a teleporter on the other half of the world, you wind up back at Steel Beach in the Freighter; the door was locked on the other side when you first entered when retrieving the parts to fix the boat.
Source: Door to Before - In trying to fix it, they wind up lopping off Blossom's hair almost completely.
Source: Hairstyle Malfunction
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