fetch up

verb

Updated on: 20 Apr 2018

Definition of fetch up

transitive verb

1 : to bring up or out : produce

2 : to make up (something, such as lost time)

3 : to bring to a stop

intransitive verb

: to reach a standstill, stopping place, or goal : end up

may have fetched up running a village store
—Geoffrey Household

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Examples of fetch up in a Sentence

the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church

Recent Examples of fetch up from the Web

The department says on its Facebook page that third-row seats are easily removed, bear no traceable serial numbers and can fetch up to $1,000 in online sales or at flea markets or salvage yards.

— stephen english, star-telegram, "Something in your SUV is valuable and easy to steal. Do you know how to protect it? | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 16 Apr. 2018
The resale prices on any of these shoes are insane, with some iterations of the VaporMax models fetching up to $1,500 on the aftermarket.

— jake woolf, GQ, "Your Nike x Off-White VaporMax 2018 “White” Buying Guide," 13 Apr. 2018
Because Tavares could fetch up to $11 million per season on the open market, the Coyotes’ chances at landing the elite center are slim.

— richard morin, azcentral, "Arizona Coyotes offseason begins with four key questions," 11 Apr. 2018
Crowe’s torso armor, expected to fetch up to AU$30,000, sold for AU$125,000.

— Washington Post, "Russell Crowe’s $104K violin high note of Sydney auction," 7 Apr. 2018
Just 1 percent is sold as frozen heads, although a single large salmon head can fetch up to $5 a pound at Beijing supermarkets, according to previous reports.

— laine welch, Anchorage Daily News, "Seafood industry seeks new value in fish parts," 15 Jan. 2018
Some analysts have suggested that Unilever’s spreads business could fetch up to $8.5 billion in a sale, while Akzo’s specialty-chemicals business could be worth a similar amount.

— ben dummett, WSJ, "Buyout Firms Drive European Deal Spree," 1 Oct. 2017
During the past decade skins have surged in value—fetching up to $400 each—as China’s donkey population has dwindled.

— National Geographic, "Rush for Donkey Skins in China Draws Wildlife Traffickers," 22 Sep. 2017
And rich countries have taken to including the cost of dealing with the refugees who fetch up on their shores as part of their foreign-aid spending.

— The Economist, "Great strides have been made against disease and poverty," 14 Sep. 2017

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