fetchverb
uk/fetʃ/us/fetʃ/mainly UKfetch verb (GET)
B1 [ T ] to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back:
[ + two objects ] Could you fetch me my glasses/fetch my glasses for me from the other room, please?
I have to fetch my mother from the station.
More examples
- This glass has been used - please fetch me a clean one.
- Would you like to wait out here, and the doctor will come and fetch you in a minute?
- She fetched another chair from the dining room.
- He fetches the children from school on Mondays and Fridays.
- That looks uncomfortable. I'll go and fetch a cushion for you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
- turnaround
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fetch verb (SELL)
[ T ] to be sold for a particular amount of money:
The paintings fetched over a million dollars.
The house didn't fetch as much as she was hoping it would.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Business - general words
- Age of Exploration
- B2B
- B2C
- back office
- big business
- corporate memory
- deal
- devolution
- devolve
- devolve sth to sb
- globalization
- mass market
- mass market
- niche market
- offshore
- open market
- private
- private enterprise
- privately
- tender
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fetch verb (HIT)
[ T + two objects ] old-fashioned informal to hit someone with the hand:
I fetched him a smart blow on the ear!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pasting
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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Idiom(s)
fetch and carry for sb
Phrasal verb(s)
fetch up
fetchnoun [ U ]
play fetch
US to play a game with a dog that involves throwing something for it to run after and bring back to you