Fetch
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Sherlock Holmes short story, "The Adventure of the Dying Detective", features Sherlock giving instructions to Watson on what man he is supposed to fetch, interspersed with calm musings on oysters covering the world or excitedly telling him to shift the coins in his pocket to be better balanced.
Source: Shifting Voice Of Madness -
Opinions really began to shift following the release of Donkey Kong 64, which many reviewers panned for being a uninspired Fetch Quest, and by the mid-2000s a full-fledged Hype Backlash had set in, with it becoming trendy among critics and gamers to badmouth the series.
Source: Popularity Polynomial
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Shift and Fetch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fetch/shift
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