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Discover Ludwig"fetch and carry" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a task that involves going to a place to collect something and then taking it somewhere else. For example, "I have to fetch and carry the tools for the repair job."
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fetch and carry
verb
To serve obsequiously.
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Wallis wrote to him while he was away like a fussing mother: "Please eat and take care of yourself.... Don't fetch and carry for everyone, including servants".
When the man was ill, as he often was now, being quite old, the girl took the trouble to fetch and carry for Alice.
And if they do try to leave the office in time to fetch and carry children, male colleagues are inclined to view them as wimps.
These little monkeys become beloved live-in companions for their quadriplegic humans -- they fetch and carry, feed and wipe faces and brush hair.
They will fetch and carry parts, hold things, pick up tools, sort items, clean up and make themselves useful in myriad other ways.Various efforts are under way to produce such robots, especially for smaller companies.
He may have no religion, but Pompey, "always willing to fetch and carry", has "courtly manners" and proves an object of adoration until he suffers "a violent physick" and barks his last.
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Anne wrote of her: Miep is just like a pack mule, she fetches and carries so much.
He has been doing his chores as a domestique for the team, fetching and carrying the drinks and while he will be pleased they've won, he won't have completely enjoyed it.
Development challenges and costs begin to escalate with providing mechanical and physical assistance, even though this offers potential for aiding manipulation, fetching and carrying, or opening doors.
"Millions of women and children, young girls in particular, continue to spend hours fetching and carrying water for their families," she continued.
Maybe Fati would fetch her and carry her around until she fell asleep or forgot.
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