Up in such phrasal verbs carries the meaning of completion or intensification: fix up, clean up, polish up, button up , etc.
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Anonymousfix, fix up. What is the difference? Thanks a lot.As Mr M says, the particle implies completion or intensifies the verb.
fix, fix up. What is the difference?