fetch up

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fetch up

verb fetches up · fetching up · fetched up

intransitive To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly. 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.
obsolete, transitive To overtake. Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.
intransitive, transitive To vomit.
US, archaic, colloquial To suddenly stop.

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@misc{fetch_up_2026,
  title = {fetch up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fetch%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}