FETCH UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

fetch up

verb

Definition of fetch up

as in to stop

to bring (something) to a standstill the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church

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Recent Examples of fetch up Messal noted that a single Roman denarius can fetch up to 130 euros depending on its condition. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Some puppies can fetch up to $2,000. — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Both sneakers can fetch up to $2,000 on the resale market, and the three collaborators are now running it back with a new Air Jordan 1 Low. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 Artnet News reported that the haul is expected to include major works by Van Gogh, Cézanne, Degas, Pissarro, and Renoir, including a van Gogh that could fetch up to $200 million and a Cézanne estimated above $120 million. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for fetch up

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The new rules mandated that referees stop play for a ten-minute hydration break that allows players to drink fluids, change clothes, or shower in their locker room.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The team stopped at 800 N because increasing the load further would require additional protective equipment, with a separate destructive limit test planned.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of stop

Verb

Tribes whose historic homelands fall within the forest became leading voices in the effort to halt logging, with the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ Priscilla Hunter emerging as a major force.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
But since February, its progress has halted, said Leo Rossignac-Milon, the co-founder of Track My Visa, a third-party service that monitors applications for 25,000 users.

— Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of halt

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Salas, 20, should soon become the youngest player to catch a big-league game since Ivan Rodriguez debuted with the Texas Rangers in 1991.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, one of the most sensitive detectors ever constructed was buried there to catch that fleeting glow and record the neutrinos’ ghostly presence.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of catch

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The death toll from the devastating floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen to at least 676 people, as rescue operations stall amid poor weather.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Long lines snake toward bars selling the tournament’s speciality cocktail, and a David Chang stall cooks elevated chicken tenders.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of stall

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The shooting occurred when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them at a red light and opened fire — hitting Shakur in the arm, thigh and twice in the chest.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Cuba’s daily grind takes its toll The day before classes started, Yurima Izaguirre struggled to pull up last year’s school uniform on the youngest of her three children.

— Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of pull up

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Palau’s turn as host also comes as the summit’s leaders try once more to draw up a structure governing how other countries are permitted involvement in its meetings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Drawing up a bubble screen lateral from your own 25, and the trusting that the receiver A) stays behind the line of scrimmage, and then B) gets the ball down field enough to give his guy a chance is such a ballsy play to draw up.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of draw up

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On a muggy Saturday afternoon in mid-August, tennis player Novak Djokovic appeared to vomit into a towel and called for a doctor to check his blood pressure before unexpectedly losing a second-round match in Cincinnati.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
The company says checking those rates won't affect your credit score, but actually refinancing will.

— Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of check

Verb

Jacob Murphy stayed, despite interest from Nottingham Forest.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
And the audience for those games skews young, with more than half of all avid soccer viewers aged 18-to-34, a demographic highly sought by advertisers and one that suggests NBC’s numbers could stay strong for years.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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