fish out

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To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container)
To deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water
If you fish something out from somewhere, you take or pull it out, often after searching for it for some time. She fished out a pair of David's socks for her cold feet
deplete the supply of fish; remove an object from the water; remove a somewhat hidden object
fish out of water
A person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings

Jim was a fish out of water at college.

fish out of water
(deyim) A person who is out of his proper place in life; someone who does not fit in

1. Because Ed could not swim, he felt like a fish out of water at the beach. 3. She was the only girl at the party not in a formal dress and she felt like a fish out of water.

a fish out of water
(deyim) A person who feels out of place in their surroundings
feel like a fish out of water
have the feeling that one is out of place
like a fish out of water
out of its place, not in its element, out of its natural surroundings
pull out a fish
lure
fish out
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