- fish something out
- pull or take something out of water or a receptacle.→ fish
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fish something out (of something) — ˌfish sth/sbˈout (of sth) derived to take or pull sth/sb out of a place • She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk. • They fished a dead body out of the river. Main entry: ↑fishderived … Useful english dictionary
ˌfish sth ˈout — phrasal verb to pull something out from inside something else She reached into her bag and fished out a pen.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fish somebody out (of something) — ˌfish sth/sbˈout (of sth) derived to take or pull sth/sb out of a place • She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk. • They fished a dead body out of the river. Main entry: ↑fishderived … Useful english dictionary
fish someone/something out — PULL OUT, haul out, remove, extricate, extract, retrieve; rescue from, save from. → fish … Useful english dictionary
fish someone/something out — Syn: pull out, haul out, remove, extricate, extract, retrieve, rescue, save … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
chase something out — ˌchase sb/sthaˈway, ˈoff, ˈout, etc. derived to force sb/sth to run away • Chase the cat out we don t want her in the kitchen. • This particular fish chases off any other fish that enters its territory. Main entry: ↑chasederived … Useful english dictionary
reel something out — ˌreel sthˈin/ˈout derived to wind sth on/off a ↑reel • I slowly reeled the fish in. Main entry: ↑reelderived … Useful english dictionary
fish out — transitive verb : to exhaust the supply of fish in by fishing this lake has been fished out * * * fish out [phrasal verb] fish (something) out or fish out (something) 1 : to pull (something) out of water or some other liquid … Useful english dictionary
fish — fish1 noun (plural same or fishes) 1》 a limbless cold blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins, living wholly in water. ↘the flesh of fish as food. 2》 used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. shellfish,… … English new terms dictionary
fish out — PHRASAL VERB If you fish something out from somewhere, you take or pull it out, often after searching for it for some time. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] Kelly fished out another beer from his cooler... [V P n (not pron)] She fished out a pair of … English dictionary
