Antonyms for fetch up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fech |
Phonetic Transcription : fɛtʃ |
- abandon
- abridge
- compress
- conclude
- condemn
- condense
- continue
- contract
- curtail
- decrease
- demolish
- demote
- denounce
- deprecate
- depress
- destroy
- diminish
- discourage
- disdain
- disgrace
- disperse
- dissuade
- distress
- divide
- drop
- fall
- finish
- go
- halt
- harvest
- humiliate
- hurt
- ignore
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- neglect
- play down
- push down
- raze
- reap
- reduce
- repress
- scatter
- separate
- shame
- shrink
- soothe
- spurn
- stop
- suppress
- trouble
- undermine
- upset
- weaken
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
- 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
- advance
- aggravate
- amplify
- arrive
- assemble
- boost
- brake
- breed
- bring up
- build up
- collect
- come to a halt
- come to a stop
- congregate
- congress
- cultivate
- develop
- dignify
- drag up
- draw up
- enhance
- enlarge
- erect
- escalate
- exaggerate
- exalt
- fetch up
- forgather
- form
- foster
- gather
- get
- get there
- goose
- goose up
- group
- grow
- haul up
- heave
- heighten
- hike
- hike up
- hoist
- honor
- inflate
- intensify
- jack up
- jump
- jump up
- levitate
- levy
- lift
- look up
- magnify
- mass
- mobilize
- mushroom
- muster
- nourish
- nurse
- obtain
- pause
- perk up
- pick up
- plant
- poise
- produce
- promote
- propagate
- provide
- pump
- put up
- pyramid
- raise
- rally
- ramp
- reach a standstill
- rear
- recruit
- reinforce
- rendezvous
- run up
- send through the roof
- shoot up
- snowball
- sow
- stilt
- strengthen
- suckle
- support
- take up
- tilt
- train
- up
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- wean
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