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fetch about

fetch about verb: to come onto a new tack.

Verb

fetch about (third-person singular simple present fetches about, present participle fetching about, simple past and past participle fetched about)

  1. (US) To come onto a new tack.

Forms of fetch about

third-person singular presentfetches about
present participlefetching about
past participlefetched about
pastfetched about

Questions about fetch about

What does fetch about mean?
Fetch about means to come onto a new tack.
What part of speech is fetch about?
Fetch about is a verb.
What is the past tense of fetch about?
The past tense of fetch about is fetched about.

Words near fetch about in the dictionary

  1. fetas
  2. fetation
  3. fetations
  4. fetch
  5. fetch a compass
  6. fetch about
  7. fetch and carry
  8. fetch away
  9. fetch candle
  10. fetch candles
  11. fetch in

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