as in to stop
to bring (something) to a standstill
the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church
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Recent Examples of fetch up
Sotheby’s will sell the volumes next month at an auction in London, where they’re expected to fetch up to $6 million.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Poaching networks operate with military-grade precision, fueled by a transnational black market where rhino horn can fetch up to $400,000 per kilogram, a price tag that makes gold look cheap.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Go deeper • ThyssenKrupp is weighing the sale of its materials trading unit, which could fetch up to €2b, per Bloomberg.
—Lucinda Shen, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
This lot is also expected to fetch up to $50,000.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Poaching networks operate with military-grade precision, fueled by a transnational black market where rhino horn can fetch up to $400,000 per kilogram, a price tag that makes gold look cheap.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Go deeper • ThyssenKrupp is weighing the sale of its materials trading unit, which could fetch up to €2b, per Bloomberg.
—Lucinda Shen, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
This lot is also expected to fetch up to $50,000.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetch up
Verb
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The traffic itself generally keeps moving rather than fully stopping.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Fighting on the island had stopped, so the soldiers in the picture were not under fire, and the action of raising the flag (there is a movie of it) took all of a few seconds.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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All talks of building or buying a new facility were halted, however, in December when the mayor announced emergency budget cuts to address a substantial deficit.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The federal Office of Management and Budget did not respond to The Bee’s request for clarification on which operations would be halted.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Information that was missing also caught the attention of the experts Joan consulted.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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During a two-point conversion play, Jennings caught the ball in the endzone, but was smashed between two Jaguars defenders.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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In 2019, both clubs announced plans to build a new 60,000-seat stadium, though the project stalled due to political opposition and Italy’s heritage regulations, which safeguard historic structures.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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But then, the decrease in the smoking rate stalled.—
Dr. Tom Frieden,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit says Nelson was not pointing or firing a weapon when Newton pulled up to the van.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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His replacement on Intervention Services is Anthony Sanchez, one of the cops who pulled up Tuesday to UC San Diego Health’s Hillcrest Medical Center.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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And even beyond the storms themselves, meteorologists face additional uncertainty in drawing up a forecast.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Office of Management and Budget has ordered agencies to draw up reduction-in-force plans that would permanently cut positions in programs without dedicated funding streams.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, there are ways to check for red flags and narrow down your prospect list.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Consumers should check use-by dates and return any affected items to the point of purchase or discard them.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The nearest system of moisture is off to the west, so the Louisville area will stay dry through the weekend.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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At 1-3 and trying to give some semblance of help to their top-notch defense and trying to stay alive in an AFC North that appears to be much more flawed than anyone thought a month ago, the Browns need a win.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Fetch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetch%20up. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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