fish for

Idioms  

1. Try to obtain something through artifice or indirectly. For example, He was always fishing for compliments , or, as William Makepeace Thackeray put it in Vanity Fair (1848): “The first woman who fishes for him, hooks him.” [Mid-1500s]

2. Search for something, as in I've fished for it in all the drawers . [First half of 1700s]

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Example Sentences

Once he came back with a fishing rod, and after that we quite often had grilled fish for our breakfast.

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It contained fish for the dogs, sandwiches for me, and a scribbled note that said, "Help is on the way and will reach you this afternoon. Be of good cheer."

From Literature

“A fish for you, two fish,” I said when I caught my breath.

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A bit of boiled fish for sores.

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Selkie slipped back into the water to fish for her supper.

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