fix to

verb

fix to

verb
1

Appalachia, Southern US, Dated, Informal To intend or prepare to do something.

African-American Vernacular

  • I’m fixing to whoop you if you don’t shut up.
  • It’s fixing to rain.
1 more example
  • Three of us boys, myself, Iver Holt, and Webbie Touchstone crawled upon this board that went across the tank to dive off. I was fixing to, but [one of the other boys] got up there before I did, […]1925, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 266, page 434:

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