fetch up

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to arrive or end up somewhere, often unexpectedly

   Phrasal verb · Intransitive

   fetch up / fetch up somewhere

   Usage: Informal: end up in an unexpected place; a following location supplies the destination.

   After taking the wrong bus, we fetched up at the harbor.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   After taking the wrong bus, we fetched up at the harbor.

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