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Antonyms for fetch up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fech
Phonetic Transcription : fɛtʃ



Definition of fetch up

Origin :
  • "apparition, specter, a double," 1787, of unknown origin (see OED for discussion).
  • As in pull up : verb stop, halt
  • As in raise : verb increase, augment
  • As in raise : verb nurture, care for
  • As in upraise : verb elevate
  • As in uprear : verb elevate
  • As in elevate : verb lift up
Example sentences :
  • Give me your hand, one of you, while I fetch up the lantern.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • But what I can't get a-hold of is how you come to fetch up way off here.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I did not offer to go and fetch up my shovel, which was left down below.
  • Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
  • I must send and fetch up all the police, and I daresay some of the colonists will join.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
  • Stop,” he said; “fetch up two more men and a lantern, Herrick.
  • Extract from : « Blue Jackets » by George Manville Fenn
  • I must fetch up a carpenter and make him force open this door.
  • Extract from : « Witness to the Deed » by George Manville Fenn
  • They're limbs, every one o' them, but they'll fetch up somewhere, all square!
  • Extract from : « Tales of Trail and Town » by Bret Harte
  • We may fetch up somewhere on a point if were not too far out.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys on the Atlantic » by Clarence Young
  • And I say, Craigie, you may fetch up half a dozen whilst you are about it.
  • Extract from : « Bride of Lammermoor » by Sir Walter Scott
  • Steve quietly said, "My fault, I go back and fetch up the pack."
  • Extract from : « Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland » by John Rogers

Synonyms for fetch up

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