"fetch away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fetches away [present, singular, third-person], fetching away [participle, present], fetched away [participle, past], fetched away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fetch away (third-person singular simple present fetches away, present participle fetching away, simple past and past participle fetched away)
  1. (intransitive, dated) To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position. Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fetch_away-en-verb-E7oAGUoA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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