"fetch about" meaning in English

See fetch about in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fetches about [present, singular, third-person], fetching about [participle, present], fetched about [participle, past], fetched about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fetch about (third-person singular simple present fetches about, present participle fetching about, simple past and past participle fetched about)
  1. (nautical, US, of a ship) To come onto a new tack. Tags: US Categories (topical): Nautical
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