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  • 71fetch away — intransitive verb or fetch way : to move from place as a result of a ship s rolling or pitching : shift, slide some of the cargo had been loosely stowed and fetched away a little when the storm hit …

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  • 72fetch candle — noun Etymology: perhaps from fetch (I) : a corpse candle supposed to pass between the home and the grave of the beholder …

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  • 73fetch way — intransitive verb see fetch away …

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  • 74fetch up — verb Date: 1599 transitive verb 1. to bring up or out ; produce 2. to make up (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&#8230; …

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  • 75fetch —   distance wind has travelled over open water to create waves …

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  • 76fetch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. retrieve, bring, carry; heave, deal, yield; sell or go for. See transportation, price. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To draw forth] Syn. elicit, go after, call for, summon; see obtain 1 . 2. [To get and&#8230; …

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  • 77fetch — v. a. RG. 437. pret. ‘fette.’ RG. 15. ‘fatte.’ Pol. S. 152. AS. feccan …

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  • 78fetch — fetʃ v. go after and bring back; call, gather; charm; deliver a blow; bring forth (sound, sigh, etc.); inhale; execute; bring in a certain amount of money …

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  • 79fetch v — fetchingly adv …

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  • 80fetch — I. v. a. 1. Bring (when one goes for the purpose of bringing), go and bring. 2. Perform, make, effect. 3. Sell for. 4. (Naut.) Reach, attain, arrive at, come to, get to. II. n. Trick, artifice, ruse, stratagem, dodge, sharp practice …

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