fish up

fish up

To yank or pluck something up out of something else (likened to catching a fish on a fishing line). A noun or pronoun can be used between "fish" and "up." It took me a minute to fish my keys up out of my bag. I reached into the tank and fished up a large lobster.
See also: fish, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fish up out of
  • fish up out of (something)
  • fish out
  • instead
  • instead of
  • nipped
  • fish out of
  • fish (someone or something) out of (something)
  • drink like a fish
  • drink like a fish, to