I. fetch 1 S3 /fetʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: fetian , feccan ]
1 . especially British English 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 somebody/something from something
Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?
fetch somebody something/fetch something for somebody
Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.
2 . to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports:
The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.
3 . fetch and carry to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant:
Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?
4 . British English to make people react in a particular way:
This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.
fetch up phrasal verb British English informal
[always + adverb/preposition] to arrive somewhere without intending to SYN end up :
I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
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THESAURUS
▪ cost to have a particular price:
The book costs $25.
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A new kitchen will cost you a lot of money.
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It’s a nice dress and it didn’t cost much.
▪ be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money:
These shoes were only £5.
▪ be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something:
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
▪ retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business:
The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
▪ sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something:
Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
▪ fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale:
The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.
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A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
▪ set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money:
A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
▪ come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount:
The bill came to £100 between four of us.
II. fetch 2 BrE AmE noun
play fetch if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you