fetch up
Britishverb
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informal (intr; usually foll by at or in) to arrive (at) or end up (in)
to fetch up in New York
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(intr) nautical to stop suddenly, as from running aground
to fetch up on a rock
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slang to vomit (food, etc)
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dialect (tr) to rear (children, animals, etc)
Example Sentences
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However, market moves have been contained relative to some more extreme forecasts that oil could fetch up to $100 per barrel.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Estimated to fetch up to $500,000, it is being offered alongside Quint's Fenwick fishing rod and reel, which featured during the film's early shark encounter scenes.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up to £18,000 at auction.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
A rare 25p coin could fetch up to 2,800 times its face value when it goes under the hammer in Wiltshire.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
Prince quivered with some torment of Spirits; but now looked about too; and we both rose from the w'et Sand; & we made our way to the Water’s Edge to fetch up poor John.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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