fish up
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To pull something up from somewhere deep or hidden.
Literal meaning: To bring a fish upward out of water — pulling something from a depth.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To pull or retrieve something from a depth or hidden place, bringing it upward.
"The diver managed to fish up the sunken treasure chest from the seabed."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
This is an older or dialectal form. In modern English, 'fish out' is strongly preferred. 'Fish up' may occasionally appear in literary or rural contexts.
Commonly used with
rope object item something net
Forms
Base
fish up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
fishes up
he/she/it
Past simple
fished up
yesterday
Past participle
fished up
have + pp
-ing form
fishing up
continuous
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