hunt up

verb (adverb)

(tr) to search for, esp successfullyI couldn't hunt up a copy of it anywhere
(intr) (of a bell) to be rung progressively earlier during a set of changes

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to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
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hunt's-up, Huntsville, hunt table, hunt the slipper, Hun-tun, hunt up, Hunyadi, Huon Gulf, Huon pine, Hupa, Hupeh
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