fetch up

verb

1. informal.
   intr; usually foll by at or in to arrive (at) or end up (in)

   to fetch up in New York

2. intr nautical to stop suddenly, as from running aground

   to fetch up on a rock

3. slang.
   to vomit (food, etc)
4. dialect.
   tr to rear (children, animals, etc)

Example Sentences

A rare 25p coin could fetch up to 2,800 times its face value when it goes under the hammer in Wiltshire.

From BBC

It estimated that one of the items could fetch up to £4,000 at auction, while others could also go for thousands of pounds.

From BBC

The feather, initially expected to fetch up to $3,000, broke the previous record which was for a feather of the same species by 450%, the Webb's Auction House said.

From BBC

However, the dollar can fetch up to 350 Cuban pesos on the informal market.

From Seattle Times

Among the more than 250 items for sale is a black-and-white photograph of an iceberg taken by a member of a body recovery ship after the disaster and the violin case of the bandleader Wallace Hartley, which is expected to fetch up to 120,000 pounds, or about $150,000.

From New York Times

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