fetch up
verb
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
First Known Use of fetch up
1599
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