FETCHED UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

fetched up

verb

past tense of fetch up

as in stopped

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 fetched up Thieves have often targeted Picasso’s paintings, which have fetched up to $179 million at auction. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

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After loading the AliExpress homepage, audio from his phone stopped playing over his multipoint headphones, which accept connections from more than one device at a time.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
His wife, Sheila, has also stopped working to serve as his full-time caregiver.

— sameen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

Verb

Today, a federal court halted it before this administration could wreak havoc on our elections.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The near miss raised questions about why the commercial flight was cleared for takeoff while Marine One was preparing to depart, a period when airline traffic is typically halted around presidential helicopter operations.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of halted

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Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled and most traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz blocked.

— Tucker Reals, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Settlement talks in that litigation appear to have stalled after Bonta canceled a session scheduled for Monday.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of stalled

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The 6-2 Marshall, a former second-round pick of the Carolina Panthers, hasn’t made big plays in the passing game, but has caught Slowik’s eye in another area.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Noah Tarrant caught both scoring passes, 12 and 63 yards, and finished with five catches for 106 yards.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of caught

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He is accused of being in the Cadillac that pulled up alongside Shakur’s car and handing the gun to two men in the back seat, one of whom was his nephew, who fired the fatal shots.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Fields was walking into the party when a car pulled up and opened fire, his mother, Yvonne Fields, told Action News Jax in an interview.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulled up

Verb

But her condition has deteriorated significantly in the months since she was first arrested in Miami-Dade County on May 5 and booked on a misdemeanor battery charge.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Weatherall was arrested in connection with the incident, per the outlet, Fox Carolina and Greenville County public arrest records.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrested

Verb

The next day, his rebuild group met, and one of the architects brought up prefabricated housing as an option to speed things along.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Fadal brought up her own phantom smells during a recent podcast conversation with Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist who’s written about and conducted research on this symptom.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of brought up

Verb

Gajdusek eventually drew up a list of eight students, and then decided on the youngest child, a twelve-year-old boy.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Rudi Garcia then arguably drew up the game plan of the tournament, leaving Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku out of his starting XI and still managing to humiliate the hosts.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

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