hunt up
Britishverb
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(tr) to search for, esp successfully
I couldn't hunt up a copy of it anywhere
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(intr) (of a bell) to be rung progressively earlier during a set of changes
Example Sentences
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After a 47-year-long search, physicists would not give the hunt up that lightly.
From Economist • Dec. 14, 2011
That was certainly part of the pitch, but he didn't have to go to the library to hunt up the passages.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2011
Vera agreed meekly, even proposed to hunt up a buyer for the estate, which Praun now wanted to sell.
From Time Magazine Archive
While they continued their man hunt up to and past Fraser's house, the crofter coolly phoned the police, set a warm meal before the exhausted man.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Sander," said Mr. Pope, "see if you can hunt up a change of clothing for Widge. He looks as though he's been wrestling pigs."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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