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To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain. / To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).

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fish out

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fish out

Verb

idiomatic

To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain. / To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).

Japanese Meaning

指定された水域の魚をほぼすべてまたは全て捕らえて、ほとんど魚が残らない状態にすること / 水域から物や人をすくい出す、引き上げる行為

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The commercial trawlers will fish out the bay if the regulations aren't enforced.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

規制が施行されなければ、商業用トロール船が湾の魚をほとんど獲り尽くしてしまうだろう。

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Sense（1）

To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.

Settlers came and soon fished out the lake.

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Sense（2）

To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).

Losing nearly a third of the heavy cruisers, including Admiral Kurita's flagship, the Atago, was not an especially-auspicious start to the operation, especially with the admiral himself having to be fished out of the water by a destroyer.

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