fetch about

verb

To come onto a new tack.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person fetches about · participle present fetching about · participle past fetched about · past fetched about

  1. USnauticalTo come onto a new tack.
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APA

fetch about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch%20about

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“fetch about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch%20about. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fetch about,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch%20about.

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