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fetches away

fetches away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fetches away

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

Words near fetches away in the dictionary

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

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