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fetch away

fetch away verb: to move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.

Verb

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

  1. (dated, intransitive) To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.
    • Some miles before the Arab fort the road fetches away inland from the coast and to reach the oasis one must swerve aside off the tarmac [...].1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine

Forms of fetch away

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

Questions about fetch away

What does fetch away mean?
Fetch away means to move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.
What part of speech is fetch away?
Fetch away is a verb.
What is the past tense of fetch away?
The past tense of fetch away is fetched away.

Words near fetch away in the dictionary

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

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