Meaning of fetch up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.
   intransitive
2. To overtake.
   obsolete, transitive
3. To vomit.
   intransitive, transitive
4. To suddenly stop.
   US, archaic, colloquial

Examples

“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.”

“These salvos tore apart San Franciscos upper works, and, as Admiral Callaghan and most of the bridge crew died in the inferno and explosions, a few shrapnel-ridden survivors fetched up' in unlikely portions of the ship, and it now came about that every senior commanding officer on both sides was now dead or out of action within the opening acts of the battle.”

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

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