fetch up

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Verb fetch up has 1 sense

finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish - finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
--₁ is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
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Term: Fetch Up

Description

Fetch up is a phrasal verb with multiple senses and uses. It can be used as a verb or a noun, and has both popular and local connotations.

Senses and Usages

Sense 1: Verb - Popular

Definition: To arrive or reach a destination

Examples:

After a long journey, they finally fetched up at their destination.
The bus will fetch up at the train station in an hour.

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Sense 2: Verb - Local

Definition: To bring up or bring something to a specific place

Examples:

Could you please fetch up some chairs for the meeting?
He always fetches up a newspaper for his morning coffee.

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Sense 3: Verb - Local (informal)

Definition: To stop, settle, or end up in a certain situation, often unexpectedly

Examples:

She fetches up in the most peculiar situations.
If you keep driving recklessly, you'll fetch up in jail.

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Sense 4: Noun - Local (dialect)

Definition: A shelter, food, or a place to stay

Examples:

The hikers found fetch up in a remote cabin during the storm.
He offered fetch up to the homeless man in need.

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