fixing to
Preparing to act
Fixing to means about to or preparing to, used in Southern American English: I'm fixing to head out, She's fixing to tell him off.
The phrase implies imminent action rather than distant plans.
Often contracted to finna in informal speech and African American Vernacular English.
- about toPoised to act
- gonnaCasual "will" contraction
- might couldRegional double auxiliary
- intendingHaving a plan
- on the vergeAt the edge of
going to · finna · imminent · folksy · colloquialism · aim to · set · preparing · ready · fixin' · directly · aiming · vernacular · plan · y'all · front porch · will · getting ready
temporal immediacy of action
fixing tofinished with
No longer needing
completed · wrapped up · over and done with · over and done · abandoned
fix, fixed, fixing, fixture, fixes, unfixed, fixer, fixtures, unto