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
Usually thereafter he sails for Germany to bathe at the spas, hunt up new scores.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his $25,000 fee, he opened an office to hunt up more business.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hunt up a few mice, collect them in my jowls, and lope back to the den.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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