fetch

fetch

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fetch¹ S3 /fetʃ/ verb [transitive]1. especially British English to go and get something or someone and bring them back:
    Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.
    Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets.
    fetch somebody/something from something
    Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?
    fetch somebody something/fetch something for somebody
    Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.
2. to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports:
    The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.
3. fetch and carry to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant:
    Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?
4. British English to make people react in a particular way:
    This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.
     
fetch up phrasal verb British English informal
   [always + adverb/preposition] to arrive somewhere without intending to
   SYN  end up:
    I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ cost to have a particular price: The book costs $25. | A new kitchen will cost you a lot of money. | It’s a nice dress and it didn’t cost much.
   ▪ be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money: These shoes were only £5.
   ▪ be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something: Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
   ▪ retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business: The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
   ▪ sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something: Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
   ▪ fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale: The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction. | A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
   ▪ set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money: A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
   ▪ come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount: The bill came to £100 between four of us.

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fetch² noun
play fetch if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you