fix someone's clock

fix someone's clock (third-person singular simple present fixes someone's clock, present participle fixing someone's clock, simple past and past participle fixed someone's clock)

1. Synonym of clean someone's clock
   • 1909, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “He Also Serves”, in Options‎:

     High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.