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fetch up

To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.
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We panicked again for a moment, but the wind switched direction without warning, and we slowly drifted away till we fetched up at Tsukuda island, where the Sumida runs into the bay.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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fetch upTo overtake.
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