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
With his $25,000 fee, he opened an office to hunt up more business.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
We all thought the kindergarten would stop whatever it was doing, hunt up a cigar box, write a poem for Bob, and have a funeral, but according to Boomer they couldn’t care less.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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