Fetch up

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Unexpected Outcome

Use 'fetch up' when ending up somewhere or in some state unplanned or surprisingly.

After a series of unexpected events, she fetched up as a manager.

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Figurative Usage

'Fetch up' can be used metaphorically to describe the final state of abstract things.

The heated argument fetched up in a mutual understanding.

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Physical Place

This phrase is often used when someone arrives at a physical location unexpectedly.

We lost our map but fetched up at a lovely, hidden village.