fish out
Third Person
fishes out
Present Participle
fishing out
Past Tense
fished out
Past Participle
fished out
1
to take a thing or person out of a place, particularly after searching for them
- He had to fish out his keys from the bottom of his bag.
- She reached into the drawer to fish out a pen.
- The firefighters had to fish out the trapped kitten from the storm drain.
- I need to fish the document out of the filing cabinet.
- Can you fish out a clean towel for me from the linen closet?