fetch a compass

verb

To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.

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Meanings

verbfetch a compass (third-person singular simple present fetches a compass, present participle fetching a compass, simple past and past participle fetched a compass)

present singular third person fetches a compass · participle present fetching a compass · participle past fetched a compass · past fetched a compass

  1. archaicidiomaticnauticalTo make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.
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