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fetched up

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

Meaning of fetch up

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.
    • We panicked again for a moment, but the wind switched direction without warning, and we slowly drifted away till we fetched up at Tsukuda island, where the Sumida runs into the bay.1995, Junichi Saga, Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To overtake.
    • Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To vomit.
  4. (US, archaic, colloquial) To suddenly stop.

Questions about fetched up

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

Words near fetched up in the dictionary

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

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