Fetch meaning in English
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Definition
to fetch: to go to find, pick up and/or bring back
Examples
- "I stand before you today not as a pimple-faced intern, fetching coffee and making copies, but as a modern-day Adonis: statuesque, strong, confident."
- "Shall I fetch him from the pleasure lounge?"
- "Go and fetch the food and barbecue from the car!"
Exercise 1
"Go and fetch the food and barbecue from the car."
Which of the following terms can replace the verb "to fetch" in this sentence?
Which of the following terms can replace the verb "to fetch" in this sentence?
"Go and fetch the food and barbecue from the car."
Which of the following terms can replace the verb "to fetch" in this sentence?
Which of the following terms can replace the verb "to fetch" in this sentence?
This is incorrect. "To take (something to somewhere)" is to move it from here to there. Example: Can you take this picture to the art department?
This is incorrect. "To pack" does not share a similar meaning with "to fetch". To "pack (one's bags)" is to fill one's bags with different items, such as clothes, usually before a move or a holiday.
In this context, "to get" can replace the term "to fetch". "To get (something from somewhere)" is to move it from there to here. Example: Bruno asked Stink to get his shoes from the bedroom.
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