Search high and low (for someone or something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "search high and low (for someone or something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-09-28 11:09

Meaning of Search high and low (for someone or something)

Synonyms:

turn inside out

Variants:

hunt high and low (for someone or something) , look high and low (for someone or something)

Search high and low (for someone or something) verb phrase

Try to look everywhere for someone or something

I give up! I've searched high and low for that book, but I still can't find it.

Where have you been? I've been searching high and low for you all day.

We've been searching high and low for a dining table that matches our house interior.

Other phrases about:

cut eyes at (someone or something)

To quickly look at someone or something

 

cast around for (someone or something)

If a person "casts around for someone or something", he/she looks around to find something/someone, or search for an idea.

steely gaze

A prolonged, strong and determined look, especially when one is expressing disapproval or displeasure

peer through (something)

Look through something such as a window, the fog,  binoculars etc.

fish around

To look around for something or hunt for something.

Grammar and Usage of Search high and low (for someone or something)

Verb Forms

  • searches high and low (for someone or something)
  • searched high and low (for someone or something)
  • searching high and low (for someone or something)

The verb "search" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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