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单词 to fetch down
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to fetch down
to fetch down
transitive. = to bring down at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1 (to bring in at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1), but more colloquial and expressive of vigorous action.
1. To bring to the ground by a shot or a blow.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low
layc888
afelleOE
to throw downa1250
groundc1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
stoopc1275
evena1382
abatec1390
to bring downa1400
falla1400
welt?a1400
throwa1450
tumble1487
succumb1490
strewa1500
vaila1592
flat1607
level1614
floor1642
to fetch down1705
drop1726
supplant1751
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvii. 319 This vast number of Shot..were not sufficient to fetch him [sc. Elephant] down.
1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 155 I levell'd all at Hamet, and..had the good Fortune to fetch him down.
1801 W. Windham Speeches Parl. (1812) II. 30 There were but few whom they were able to fetch down at a blow.
1879 R. H. Elliot Written on their Foreheads I. 7 Fetching down the young rooks from the tree tops.
2. To force down (prices, etc.).
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > lower (price)
weaken1530
mitigate1542
abase1551
fall1564
to beat the price1591
to bring down1600
to fetch down1841
degrade1844
to roll back1942
1841 R. B. Peake Court & City i. iii The late war has fetched down the price of women.
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