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Fetch up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly. intransitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    finally be or do something wordnet
  3. 3
    To overtake. obsolete, transitive

    "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please."

  4. 4
    To vomit. intransitive, transitive
  5. 5
    To suddenly stop. US, archaic, colloquial

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