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fetching a compass

fetching a compass is the present participle and gerund 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 fetching a compass

What is fetching a compass the present participle and gerund of?
Fetching a compass is the present participle and gerund of fetch a compass.

Words near fetching a compass in the dictionary

  1. fetches way
  2. fetchest
  3. fetcheth
  4. fetchin'
  5. fetching
  6. fetching a compass
  7. fetching about
  8. fetching and carrying
  9. fetching away
  10. fetching in
  11. fetching off

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