Fetch and Get back

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Fetch verb - To have a price of.

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Get back and fetch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Get back" instead a verb "Fetch".

Nearby Words: fetching, fetched

Get back verb - To get again in one's possession.

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Fetch and get back are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fetch" instead a verb "Get back".

He runs to fetch Sherlock, but by the time they get back, the entire thing's been painted over.

Source: Speak Friend and Enter
These can either reinforce or subvert the Trope, depending on how aware and how moral the Fetch is... and how moral the Changeling they replace is when they get back.

Source: Tabletop Game / New World of Darkness

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