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Idiom

fetch way

Meaning

To move from the proper place; to come loose.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The heavy box fetched way during the bumpy drive.”

“The cargo fetched way when the ship hit a large wave, causing a loud crash in the hold.”

“As the storm intensified, the unsecured equipment fetched way, sliding violently across the deck and threatening the stability of the vessel.”

Examples

simple

“The heavy box fetched way during the bumpy drive.”

contextual

“The cargo fetched way when the ship hit a large wave, causing a loud crash in the hold.”

complex

“As the storm intensified, the unsecured equipment fetched way, sliding violently across the deck and threatening the stability of the vessel.”

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