fetch and carry (English, verb)
expansion: fetch and carry (third-person singular simple present fetches and carries, present participle fetching and carrying, simple past and past participle fetched and carried)
expansion: (idiomatic)
Senses:
glosses: To serve obsequiously.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To carry gossip, news, etc., from one person to another; to bear tales, to gossip.
tags: dated
idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To carry or convey (gossip, news, etc.) from one person to another; to bear (tales).
tags: dated
idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: fetches and carries
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fetching and carrying
tags: participle
present
form: fetched and carried
tags: participle
past
form: fetched and carried
tags: past