Word info

fetch and carry

Speech parts

1. fetch and carry - Noun

2. fetch and carry - Adjective

3. fetch and carry - Verb

Meaning

(intransitive)
To serve obsequiously.

(dated) To carry gossip, news, etc., from one person to another; to bear tales, to gossip.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gossip

(transitive, dated) To carry or convey (gossip, news, etc.) from one person to another; to bear (tales).

fetch-and-carry (not comparable)

(dated) Gossipy, tale-bearing.

An act of fetching and carrying.

(figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

fetch-and-carry

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