fetch up
verb
fetched up; fetching up; fetches up
1
: to bring up or out : produce
2
: to make up (something, such as lost time)
3
: to bring to a stop
: to reach a standstill, stopping place, or goal : end up
may have fetched up running a village store—
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the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Some puppies can fetch up to $2,000.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The auction — scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 17 — could fetch up to $325,000 in unpaid back taxes, penalties and sales costs, if the maximum bids are made on all the timeshares, according to Freidenrich.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025
Lots start at 150 euros and are estimated to fetch up to 8,000 euros.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fetch up
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“Fetch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetch%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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