Fetch Up (Verb)
Meaning
Finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- She waited tables hoping to be an actress, but she fetched up as a waitress for the rest of her life.
- After years of struggling, he fetched up running a small convenience store.
- The young man had high ambitions but fetched up working at a minimum-wage job in his hometown.
- Following their disagreements the once popular musician fetched up singing at cheesy karaoke nights.
- Eventually the aspiring novelist fetched up writing advertising jingles for a living.