pick

search out

search out {v.}

To search for and discover; find or learn by hunting.

The police were trying to search out the real murderer.

Categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'search out' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

in search of

[in search of] or {literary} [in quest of] {prep.} Seeking or looking for; in pursuit of. * /Many men went West in search of gold./ * /The hunter stayed in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

search me

[search me] {informal} I don't know; how should I know? - May be considered rude. * /When I asked her what time it was, she said, "Search me, I have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

search one's heart

[search one's heart] or [search one's soul] {v. phr.}, {formal} To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest. * /The teacher searched […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

The quick site search links

The links below are quick predefined search links (search templates based on the local search engine) that will help you to find some specific things on this site like: Items […] www.english-slang.com

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

Recent updates

for hours on end

[for hours on end] {adv. phr.} For many hours; for a very long time. * /We have been trying to get this computer going for […]

master key

[master key] {n. phr.} A key that opens a set of different locks. * /The building janitor has a master key to all of the […]

Ed Howe

(1853-1937) U.S. journalist Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease.

Idioms to Learn Today

New Reading / Flip-Card (learning) set has been shared.Check yourself now! Run flip-cards by definitions or by descriptions.

by a long shot

[by a long shot] {adv. phr.}, {informal} By a big difference; by far. - Used to add emphasis. * /Bert was the best swimmer […]

fifth column

[fifth column] {n. phr.} A group or organization within a country that works to bring about the country's downfall, usually […]

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Take care of sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.