Synonyms of fetch up

fetch up

verb

as in to stop

to bring (something) to a standstill

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• halt
• catch
• stall
• pull up
• draw up
• check
• stay
• arrest
• block
• hold up
• bring up
• hinder
• still
• cut off
• hold back
• suspend
• hold
• impede
• end
• stem
• obstruct
• dam
• snag
• conclude
• detain
• turn back
• balk
• clog
• rein (in)
• terminate
• choke off
• suppress
• blockade
• discontinue
• baffle
• bottleneck
• repress
• call
• stunt
• squelch
• squash
• stanch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep (on)
• carry on
• continue
• run on
• keep up
• persist
• proceed
• move
• go along
• advance
• march
• progress
• follow through (with)
• fare
• push
• drive
• stir
• spur
• propel
• budge
• wend
• actuate
• impel
• goad

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fetch up

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

The rock is expected to fetch up to $4 million as the biggest chunk of Mars on Earth. —July 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025

Sotheby’s will sell the volumes next month at an auction in London, where they’re expected to fetch up to $6 million. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025