Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fetch

~ v 1 BrE to go to the place where something or someone is and bring them back  (Quick! Go and fetch a doctor. | fetch sth from)  (Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school? | fetch sb sth/fetch sth for sb)  (Run upstairs and fetch me my glasses, will you?)  (- see bring) 2 to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale  (The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million.) 3 fetch sb a blow/clip etc BrE informal to hit someone  (I fetched him a clip round the ear.) 4 fetch and carry to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant  (Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?) 5 BrE to make people react in a particular way  (This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.) fetch up phr v BrE informal 1 to arrive somewhere without intending to + in/at etc  (I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.) 2 to vomit1  (She fetched up all over the blankets.)