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FETCH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Finally be or do something
Example:
he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
Synonyms:
end up; fetch up; finish; finish up; land up; wind up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "fetch up" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
