Lexic.us

Definition of Fetch up

1. Verb. Finally be or do something. "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetch Up

Literary usage of Fetch up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Things always fetch up sooner or later, but it's sometimes a week before we get 'em."—Between Two Oceans. Also to recruit one's strength, to recover from ..."

2. Romer, King of Norway, and Other Dramas: And Other Dramas by Adair Welcker (1885)
"Now, lest again My words be doubted, I shall bring the proof, And fetch up witnesses to prove that true Which I have spoken. Oh, how our suspicions lead us ..."

3. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... to get forward what my Duty required, being unavoidably fallen very much in Arrear, and it would cost me some Pains to fetch up again. SUNDAY. ..."

4. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas by W. Hastings Macaulay (1852)
"... for Manilla—fetch up at Hong-Kong— Another Start—Island of Luconia—Bay of Manilla—Earthquake—Discovery and Settlement of the Philippines — Description ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"fetch up, to get stronger. " She'll soon fetch up again." Few, a little. " A fine broth." Broth arc always plural in Cornwall: "They are too salt," &c. ..."

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