fetch up
To end up in a place, sometimes without planning to get there.
Meanings
To arrive at a place, especially unexpectedly or at the end of a long or meandering journey.
"After years of travelling, he finally fetched up in a small village in Portugal."
(British dialectal/informal) To vomit.
"He felt so ill on the boat that he fetched up over the side."
(Nautical/archaic) To stop suddenly, as a vessel does when an anchor catches.
"The ship fetched up hard against the sandbar."
Chiefly British English. In its most common modern sense, 'fetch up' means to arrive or end up somewhere, often after a long or wandering journey. An older, now less common sense means to vomit (British dialectal). In American English, 'end up' or 'wind up' are preferred equivalents.
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