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fetch up

VERB
elevate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
heighten raise uplift
STRONG
erect hoist levitate poise pump pyramid ramp rear tilt uphold upraise
WEAK
hike up jack up put up shoot up stilt take up
Antonyms
STRONG
drop fall
WEAK
condemn decrease demote denounce deprecate depress disdain disgrace distress lessen lower push down shame spurn trouble upset
VERB
pull up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrive brake pause
WEAK
bring up come to a halt come to a stop draw up get there haul up reach a standstill
Antonyms
WEAK
continue go
VERB
raise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boost collect enhance get heighten jump obtain promote reinforce strengthen
STRONG
advance aggravate amplify assemble congregate congress dignify enlarge escalate exaggerate exalt forgather form gather goose hike honor inflate intensify levy magnify mass mobilize mushroom muster pyramid rally recruit rendezvous snowball up
WEAK
build up goose up hike up jack up jump up look up perk up pick up put up run up send through the roof shoot up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease discourage undermine weaken
STRONG
abridge compress condense contract curtail denounce diminish disgrace divide humiliate lessen lower play down reduce shrink
WEAK
repress suppress
VERB
raise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
develop grow produce provide rear support
STRONG
breed cultivate foster group nourish nurse plant propagate sow suckle train wean
WEAK
bring up drag up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease destroy halt lessen neglect stop
STRONG
harvest ignore reap
WEAK
abandon conclude demolish depress diminish drop finish lower raze reduce repress suppress
VERB
upraise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
elevate
STRONG
boost cock erect heave heighten hoist levitate lift poise pump pyramid raise ramp rear tilt uphold uplift
WEAK
hike up jack up pick up put up shoot up stilt take up uprear
Antonyms
STRONG
abandon decrease depress destroy drop fall lower neglect raze weaken
VERB
uprear
Synonyms
WEAK
boost erect heave heighten hike up hoist jack up levitate lift pick up poise pump put up pyramid raise ramp rear shoot up stilt take up tilt uphold uplift upraise

Example Sentences

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The figures went up for auction and were expected to fetch up to £15m but in the end sold for £11m more to an undisclosed bidder.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

However, market moves have been contained relative to some more extreme forecasts that oil could fetch up to $100 per barrel.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Meanwhile the rare Marauder's Map joins other "Harry Potter" movie props in the auction and is expected to fetch up to $80,000.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Two rare Chinese antiques that had been in an East Sussex home for more than 100 years could fetch up to £36,000 at auction.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

Prince quivered with some torment of Spirits; but now looked about too; and we both rose from the w'et Sand; & we made our way to the Water’s Edge to fetch up poor John.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson