fetch in
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To go and pick something up from outside and bring it inside.
Literal meaning: To go fetch something and bring it in(side).
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To go outside and retrieve something, then bring it indoors.
"Could you fetch in the washing before it starts to rain?"
Grammar: separable
2 B1 informal
(British/Irish rural) To bring livestock inside a barn or enclosure.
"The farmer sent his son to fetch in the cows before dark."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
More common in British and Irish English than American. Often used for bringing in things from a garden, yard, or outdoor area (e.g., laundry, firewood, shopping). The emphasis is on both the retrieval and the act of bringing inside.
Commonly used with
washing laundry wood coal shopping cows
Forms
Base
fetch in
I/you/we/they
3rd person
fetches in
he/she/it
Past simple
fetched in
yesterday
Past participle
fetched in
have + pp
-ing form
fetching in
continuous
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