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fetch Listen to audio/ˈfɛ/ verb
fetch·es; fetched; fetch·ing
1 : to go after and bring back (someone or something) [+ obj] Wait here while I fetch [=get] the doctor. Please fetch me a drink. = Please fetch a drink for me. If you throw the ball the dog will fetch it. [no obj] Hunting dogs are trained to fetch.
2 [+ obj] : to be sold for (an amount of money)
This table should fetch quite a bit at auction. The house fetched more than we expected.
fetch and carry
: to do the kind of jobs that servants do for someone
I won't fetch and carry for you all day.
fetch up
[phrasal verb] chiefly Brit, informal : to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected
She traveled throughout Europe and eventually fetched up [=ended up] in Italy.

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