[Some combinations are To fetch the farm = to get infirmary
treatment and diet; To fetch a stinger (colloquial) = to get in a
heavy blow; To fetch a lagging (thieves’) = to serve one’s term; To
fetch a howl = to cry; To fetch a crack = to strike; To fetch a
circumbendibus = to make a detour; To fetch the brewer = to get
drunk.]
To fetch away, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To part; e.g., ‘a fool and his
money are soon fetched away.’
To fetch up, verb. phr. (common).—1. To stop; to run against.