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FETCH UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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

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