retrieve from

retrieve from (someone, something, or some place)

1. To regain possession or control of something from someone, something, or some place. A noun or pronoun is used between "retrieve" and "from." I must remember to retrieve my graphing calculator from Linus before my exam tomorrow. She retrieved her coat from the spare room and ran out the door.
2. To collect and escort or bring back someone from some place or thing. A noun or pronoun is used between "retrieve" and "from." My mother can't drive any longer, so I have to go retrieve her from the doctor's office and drive her home. Daniel needed me to go retrieve him from mountains after he got a flat tire on his mountain bike.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

retrieve something from someone

to get something back from someone. I hope I can retrieve my book from the person who borrowed it. We were not able to retrieve the lawn mower from Fred before he moved away and took it with him.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • add in
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • all right
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
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Examples: "My dog always retrieves a tossed ball and a bumper with pheasant wings tied to it, but failed to retrieve any of the birds we shot for her." Or, "My dog retrieves any bird I throw for her but failed the retrieve from a drag track."
MY ENGLISH POINTER, Tango, loved to retrieve from the moment I got her.
If pup refuses a retrieve from boredom, ignore it and take pup to another area for a different lesson, or to play.