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Fetch Up

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Verb

1. end up, fetch up, finish, finish up, land up, wind up

finally be or do something

Example Sentences:
'He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart'
'he wound up being unemployed and living at home again'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fetch Up

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verb (adverb)
1. (intr; usually foll by at or in) informal
to arrive (at) or end up (in)
to fetch up in New York
2. (intransitive) nautical
to stop suddenly, as from running aground
to fetch up on a rock
3. slang
to vomit (food, etc)
4. (transitive) British dialect
to rear (children, animals, etc)

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Fetch Up

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1.  Informal
to come to a stop; arrive at a destination or stopping place; end up
2.  Dialectal
to bring up or raise (a child, pet, etc.)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fetch Up

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v. fetched, fetch·ing, fetch·es
v.tr.
1. To come or go after and take or bring back: The puppy fetched the stick that I had tossed.
2.
a. To cause to come.
b. To bring in as a price: fetched a thousand dollars at auction.
c. To interest or attract.
3.
a. To draw in (breath); inhale.
b. To bring forth (a sigh, for example) with obvious effort.
4. Informal To deliver (a blow) by striking; deal.
5. Nautical To arrive at; reach: fetched port after a month at sea.
v.intr.
1.
a. To go after something and return with it.
b. To retrieve killed game. Used of a hunting dog.
2. To take an indirect route.
3. Nautical
a. To hold a course.
b. To turn about; veer.
n.
1. The act or an instance of fetching.
2. A stratagem or trick.
3.
a. The distance over which a wind blows.
b. The distance traveled by waves with no obstruction.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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