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Meaning of fetch away | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.

dated, intransitive

Examples

“Some miles before the Arab fort the road fetches away inland from the coast and to reach the oasis one must swerve aside off the tarmac [...].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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