fish sth out
informal— phrasal verb with fish uk/fɪʃ/us/fɪʃ/verb
to pull something out of water or take something out of a bag or pocket:
Police fished a body out of the river this morning.
He fished out a coin from his pocket.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- removable
- remove
- remover
- root
- rout
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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