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fetch
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[fɛtʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone
(e.g: he ran to fetch help)
- achieve (a particular price) when sold
(e.g: the land could fetch over a million pounds)
- inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone)
(e.g: that brute Cullam fetched him a wallop)
- cause great interest or delight in (someone)
(e.g: that air of his always fetches women)
Phrases:
- fetch and carry
Origin
:
Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen
[fɛtʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water
- a stratagem or trick
Phrases:
- fetch and carry
Origin
:
Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen
[fɛtʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death
(e.g: I saw a fetch who looked like me)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 17th century: of unknown origin
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