search me

Idioms

I don't know the answer to that, as in Where's John?—Search me, I haven't seen him for weeks. This expression in effect means “you can investigate me completely for the information you want but you won't find it.” [Slang; c. 1900]

Example Sentences

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“During college, people would search me online, and Lunney v. Prodigy would be one of the first things that came up,” Lunney said.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2020

As the temporary darling of the mall’s publicity machine, pilgrims began to search me out.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2017

Pupils from St Columba's RC Primary School at Lochyside, which Mr Kennedy attended as a child, have been asked to the sing the Psalm O God, you search me and you know me.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2015

If they wanted to strip search me, I could care less.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2012

He’d search me out when I was lying on the Windemere lawn with the goldens.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

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