fish up

verb

To produce or find by fishing.

“We fished up some clothes that fit.”

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Meanings

verbfish up (third-person singular simple present fishes up, present participle fishing up, simple past and past participle fished up)

present singular third person fishes up · participle present fishing up · participle past fished up · past fished up

  1. transitiveTo produce or find by fishing.

    All we could fish up in that lake was one old boot.

  2. informaltransitiveTo find, obtain or procure.

    We fished up some clothes that fit.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

fish up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish%20up

MLA

“fish up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fish up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fish%20up.

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