- fetch a doctor
- bring a physician
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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fetch — [ fetʃ ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at an AUCTION (=sale where goods are sold to the person offering the most money): The painting is expected to fetch up to $220,000. 2. ) OLD FASHIONED to go… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fetch */*/ — UK [fetʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms fetch : present tense I/you/we/they fetch he/she/it fetches present participle fetching past tense fetched past participle fetched 1) to go and get something He went to fetch his coat. a) to go to find… … English dictionary
fetch — fetch1 fetcher, n. /fech/, v.t. 1. to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water. 2. to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor. 3. to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50… … Universalium
fetch — fetch1 S2 [fetʃ] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: fetian, feccan] 1.) especially BrE to go and get something or someone and bring them back ▪ Quick! Go and fetch a doctor. ▪ Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets. fetch sb/sth from sth ▪ Would … Dictionary of contemporary English
fetch — verb (T) 1 BrE to go to the place where something or someone is and bring them back: Quick! Go and fetch a doctor. | fetch sth from: Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school? | fetch sb sth/fetch sth for sb: Run upstairs and fetch me my … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fetch — /fɛtʃ / (say fech) verb (t) 1. to go and return with, or bring to or from a particular place: to fetch a book from another room. 2. to cause to come to a particular place or condition; succeed in bringing: to fetch a doctor. 3. to realise or… …
fetch — I [[t]fɛtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to go and bring back; return with; get: to fetch water from a well[/ex] 2) to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor[/ex] 3) to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched more money than it… … From formal English to slang
fetch — [fetʃ] verb [T] 1) to go and get someone or something He went to fetch his coat.[/ex] Peter was sent to fetch the doctor.[/ex] See: bring 2) to be sold for a particular amount of money The painting is expected to fetch up to £220, 000.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fetch — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 go for and bring back (a person or thing) (fetch a doctor). 2 be sold for; realize (a price) (fetched pound10). 3 cause (blood, tears, etc.) to flow. 4 draw (breath), heave (a sigh). 5 colloq. give (a blow, slap, etc.) (usu.… … Useful english dictionary
fetch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English fecchen, from Old English fetian, feccan; perhaps akin to Old English fōt foot more at foot Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to go or come after and bring or take back < fetch a doctor > b … New Collegiate Dictionary
