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单词 fetch-about
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fetch-about
6. With adverb fetch-about: a roundabout phrase, a circumlocution. Cf. to fetch about at fetch v. Phrasal verbs. Obsolete.
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circumlocution1533
circumquaque1546
fetch-abouta1569
roundabout?c1570
periphrasis1579
compass1623
circumambages1649
circumbendibus1681
roundaboutedness1840
roundaboutility1863
amphilogism1866
a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) To Rdr. sig. ¶3v Though the grace of the holy Ghost use not long fetches about.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 93 After many florishes and fetches about.
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