fetch
verb (used with object)
to go and bring back; return with; get.
had fetched
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past perfectof fetch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The companies also amended their deal terms to reduce the valuation of Black Knight to $11.7 billion, nearly 11% lower than the valuation it had fetched when the agreement was announced last year.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2023
If I had fetched my cell phone to snap a photo, he would have disappeared.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 6, 2021
A petition on the Ben & Jerry’s website asking supporters to “join the resistance” had fetched nearly 400 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2018
His prices have dropped since then: The 1996 colored spot painting “Benzhydrol” sold for $514,000 at Sotheby’s in May, while it had fetched $912,000 at Christie’s in 2006.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2015
He dragged me to a little stream where we had fetched our water.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
