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fetches a compass

fetches a compass is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fetch a compass.

Meaning of fetch a compass

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.

Questions about fetches a compass

What is fetches a compass the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fetches a compass is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fetch a compass.

Words near fetches a compass in the dictionary

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

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