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verb

Fetch v. t. (past & past part. fetched; pres. part. fetching)

1.

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get. "Time will run back and fetch the age of gold." "He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand."

2.

To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for. "Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices."

3.

To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to. "Fetching men again when they swoon."

4.

To reduce; to throw. "The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground."

5.

To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh. "I'll fetch a turn about the garden." "He fetches his blow quick and sure."

6.

To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing. "Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle."

7.

To cause to come; to bring to a particular state. "They could n't fetch the butter in the churn."

To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a circuitous route going to a place.

To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.

To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern.

To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors (of marble)"

To fetch up.

(a)

To overtake. (Obs.) "Says (the hare), I can fetch up the tortoise when I please."

(b)

To stop suddenly.

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Etymology of 'Fetch up'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fetch up" Quotes from Famous Books

... said Snipes, indicating a spot beneath the tree. "And while you're diggin', Peter kin be a-makin' of a map of the location so's we kin find it again. You, Tom, and Bill, take a couple more down and fetch up the chest." ...

— Tarzan of the Apes • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... long before we are off. Here comes my man Dick, and the tide is just on the turn. The sky looks bright, and the weather promises well. I will just go round to the cottage and fetch up my things, and then ...

— By England's Aid or The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) • G.A. Henty

... minutes it was blowin' hard, and the seas were beginnin' to kick up. I got up my jury rig—the oar and the spray shield—and took the helm. There wa'n't nothin' to do but run afore it, and the land knows where we would fetch up. At any rate, if the compass was right, we was drivin' back into the bay again, for the wind ...

— The Depot Master • Joseph C. Lincoln

... he don't jump off at the end of the race, or before, and cut into the fields. You may therefore station yourself somewhere between this and the sign-post; and if he attempts to leap from his horse and run, as we fetch up here, shoot him down as you would a dog, and charge the blame to me or Fitch; either ...

— The Rangers - [Subtitle: The Tory's Daughter] • D. P. Thompson

... less to his taste than to have the appearance of altering his determination under a menace. Still something must be done before midnight, for he plainly perceived that thirty or forty miles, at the farthest, would fetch up the Montauk on her present course. The passengers had left the deck to escape the night air, and he heard the Effinghams inviting Mr. Sharp and Mr. Blunt into the ladies' cabin, which had been taken expressly for their party, while the others were calling upon the stewards for the usual allowance ...

— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper

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