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fetch

 
 
/fetʃ/ verb [T]

Definition

GET to go to another place to get something or someone and bring them back: Can you fetch my glasses from the bedroom?
SELL If something fetches a particular amount of money, it is sold for that amount: The painting is expected to fetch $50,000 in the auction.
(Definition of fetch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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