fetch away en · VERB
Meanings
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(dated, intransitive) To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.
Some miles before the Arab fort the road fetches away inland from the coast and to reach the oasis one must swerve aside off the tarmac [...].
1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fetches away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fetched away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fetched away | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fetching away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |