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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asked to fetch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is being requested or instructed to retrieve something.
Example: "She was asked to fetch the documents from the other room."
Alternatives: "requested to retrieve" or "instructed to get".
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"They were assigned to various housewife tasks, asked to fetch wood," he said.
Asked to fetch his mom, he hesitates, because he is too busy watching Barney on the TV.
One of the questions raised by the Rico study was that of what was going through the dog's mind when he was asked to fetch something.
If asked to fetch a tool, he would forget which tool was needed before reaching the store; his supervisor began providing him with a picture of it.
If she is asked to fetch a new toy with a word she does not know, she will pick it out from ones that are familiar.
She was asked to fetch water, but the Muslim women objected, saying that as a non-Muslim she was unfit to touch the water bowl.
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Over the years he has asked me to do all variety of odd things, so I didn't think much of it when he asked me to fetch a map of the United States.
In the control room, a producer asked someone to fetch the Reverend a cup of coffee.
Some directors assumed she was a production assistant, and asked her to fetch food.
At the Olympics, Mr. Klein mistook the King of Norway for his driver and asked him to fetch the car.
Another guest later confessed he had mistaken him for a waiter and asked him to fetch a drink.
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