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in search of

Also, in quest of. Looking for, seeking, as in They went to California in search of gold, or I went to the library in quest of a quiet place to read. The first term dates from the mid-1400s, the second from the second half of the 1500s.

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RELATED WORDS

subsequent, coming, ensuing, successive, consecutive, succeeding, hinder, then, latter, pursuing, back, posterior, specified, attendant, trailing, serial, rear, resulting, afterward, consequent

Nearby words

in respect to, in retrospect, in return, in round numbers, in saecula saeculorum, in search of, in season, in secret, in seventh heaven, in shape, in short
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.