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fetch up

 

Definitions from WordNet

Verb fetch up has 1 sense
  1. 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:
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Definitions from the Web

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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