Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fetch up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: fetch up
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.

Intransitive verb

verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To suddenly stop.

American usage; Archaic; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"We panicked again for a moment, but the wind switched direction without warning, and we slowly drifted away till we fetched up at Tsukuda island, where the Sumida runs into the bay."
"These salvos tore apart San Franciscos upper works, and, as Admiral Callaghan and most of the bridge crew died in the inferno and explosions, a few shrapnel-ridden survivors fetched up' in unlikely portions of the ship, and it now came about that every senior commanding officer on both sides was now dead or out of action within the opening acts of the battle."
"Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please."

Usage

Inflected Forms

fetches up (present, singular) fetching up (participle, present) fetched up (participle, past) fetched up (past)

Synonyms

finish up land up end up wind up finish

Questions

What does fetch up mean?: To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.

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