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fish up

fish up verb: to produce or find by fishing.

Verb

fish up (third-person singular simple present fishes up, present participle fishing up, simple past and past participle fished up)

  1. (transitive) To produce or find by fishing.
    • All we could fish up in that lake was one old boot.
  2. (informal, transitive) To find, obtain or procure.
    • We fished up some clothes that fit.

Forms of fish up

third-person singular presentfishes up
present participlefishing up
past participlefished up
pastfished up

Questions about fish up

What does fish up mean?
Fish up means to produce or find by fishing.
What part of speech is fish up?
Fish up is a verb.
What is the past tense of fish up?
The past tense of fish up is fished up.

Words near fish up in the dictionary

  1. fish to fry
  2. fish trap
  3. fish traps
  4. fish trowel
  5. fish trowels
  6. fish up
  7. fish warden
  8. fish water
  9. fish wheel
  10. fish wheels
  11. fish wrap

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