fetch
Minced oath for fuckMinced oath for fuck.
» Go and fetch Tom.
Gehe und hole Tom. — Esperantostern
Йди й приведи Тома. — deniko
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1 sensesMinced oath for fuck.
Examples
148 sentencesGo and fetch Tom.
Йди й приведи Тома. — deniko
deGehe und hole Tom. — Esperantostern
It's far-fetched.
Це висмоктано з пальця. — deniko
ruЭто притянуто за уши. — marafon
deDas ist weit hergeholt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Fetch me my hat.
Принесіть мені мій капелюх. — hectorvk
ruПринеси мне мою шляпу. — Hellerick
deHol mir meinen Hut. — xtofu80
Tom is playing fetch with his dog.
deTom spielt mit seinem Hund „Hol das Stöckchen!“. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It sounds far-fetched, but it's true.
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come foThe verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”).
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