Fetch Definition
(slang) Attractive, popular.
- to do minor tasks or chores
- to come to a stop; arrive at a destination or stopping place; end up
- to bring up or raise (a child, pet, etc.)
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fetch
Origin of Fetch
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From Middle English fecchen, from Old English feċċan, fæċċan (“to fetch”). In one view, an alteration of fetian, fatian ("to fetch, marry"; whence also English fet), from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English fecchen from Old English feccean ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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