fixin' to
Phrase
- Meaning
- Getting ready to (Southern, intent + immediacy).
- Type
- Phrase
- Used in
- Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Appalachia
What does “fixin' to” mean
A future-tense auxiliary roughly equivalent to 'about to' or 'going to', but with stronger immediacy. Inherited from Southern dialect and now characteristic of Texas, Oklahoma, and the lower Midwest. 'I'm fixin' to leave for school.' DARE traces it back to the 1840s.
Where it's used
Other recorded meanings
- About to do something; getting ready to.
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