hunt up

British  

verb

1. (tr) to search for, esp successfully

   I couldn't hunt up a copy of it anywhere

2. (intr) (of a bell) to be rung progressively earlier during a set of changes

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Example Sentences

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

The greatest calamity to this country is that President Roosevelt can't walk around and hunt up people to talk to.

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