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fetches

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  1. To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
  2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.“If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000”
  3. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.“to fetch headway or sternway”
  4. To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

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