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fetching off

fetching off is the present participle and gerund of fetch off.

Meaning of fetch off

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To kill or murder (someone).

Questions about fetching off

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

Words near fetching off in the dictionary

  1. fetching a compass
  2. fetching about
  3. fetching and carrying
  4. fetching away
  5. fetching in
  6. fetching off
  7. fetching up
  8. fetching way
  9. fetchingly
  10. fetchingness
  11. fetchings

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