fetch away

verb

To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. datedintransitiveTo move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.

    Some miles before the Arab fort the road fetches away inland from the coast and to reach the oasis one must swerve aside off the tarmac [...].

    1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine
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fetch away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch%20away

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

Chicago

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

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