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fetched away

fetched away is the simple past and past participle of fetch away.

Meaning of fetch away

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

Questions about fetched away

What is fetched away the simple past and past participle of?
Fetched away is the simple past and past participle of fetch away.

Words near fetched away in the dictionary

  1. fetchable
  2. fetched
  3. fetched a compass
  4. fetched about
  5. fetched and carried
  6. fetched away
  7. fetched in
  8. fetched off
  9. fetched up
  10. fetched way
  11. fetcher

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