fetch up
verb
fetched up; fetching up; fetches up
1
: to bring up or out : produce
2
: to make up (something, such as lost time)
3
: to bring to a stop
: to reach a standstill, stopping place, or goal : end up
may have fetched up running a village store—
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Examples of fetch up in a Sentence
the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Loading your audio article A stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments that was carved anywhere between 300 to 800 A.D. will go on the block at Sotheby’s next week and is expected to fetch up to $2 million, the auction house said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Alexander Historical Auctions expects the 28 mostly color pastels to fetch up to $6,000, a moderate amount for a rare Reagan legacy relic.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
There are two bottles of single barrel bourbon going up for auction, each estimated to fetch up to $10,000.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Fetch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetch%20up. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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