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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The figures went up for auction and were expected to fetch up to £15m but in the end sold for £11m more to an undisclosed bidder.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
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
The feather, initially expected to fetch up to $3,000, broke the previous record which was for a feather of the same species by 450%, the Webb's Auction House said.
From BBC • May 22, 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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