Synonyms for fish out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fish |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for fish out Other synonyms for the word fish out
Définition of fish out
Origin :- Old English fiscian (cf. Old Norse fiska, Old High German fiscon, German fischen, Gothic fiskon), from the root of fish (n.). Related: Fished; fishing.
- As in spy : verb secretly follow, watch another's actions
- Muzzling in a flour-tub: running their heads into a tub of flour to fish out prizes.
- Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes
- The wind was blowing hard and the canoe was not easy to fish out of.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- We have had two northers and the water grew so cold that it drove the fish out.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- I'm like a fish out of water when I'm out of the atmosphere of art.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Bohemia » by William Dean Howells
- Sibly—When Steve proposed to me he acted like a fish out of water.
- Extract from : « The New Pun Book » by Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey
- That was generous of Jed—to let me get the fish out, when he'd been the one to hook it.
- Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
- The common phrase "fish out of water" is often heard in reference to it.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin
- A small net used for taking shad and other fish out of the water.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Let us sit down, while I fish out my book, and discover what it is.
- Extract from : « Yr Ynys Unyg » by Julia de Winton
- Terlan's rod is enough to drive flies and fish out of the county.
- Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior
Antonyms for fish out
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