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hunt up vb (adverb)
1. (tr) to search for, esp successfully I couldn't hunt up a copy of it anywhere 2. (Music, other) (intr) (of a bell) to be rung progressively earlier during a set of changes Translations ? hunt up vt sep person → Nachforschungen anstellen über (+acc); facts → ausfindig machen; old clothes, records etc → kramen nach (+dat), → hervorkramen; hunt him up for me, would you? → sieh mal bitte nach, ob du ihn irgendwo auftreiben kannst How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Well,' I says, 'just stay by him till I turn out and hunt up a drug store, and I reckon I'll fetch something that'll make them di'monds tired of the company they're keeping. "Mac's the fellow to hunt up the old stories and tell us how to dress right, and pick out rousing bits for us to speak and sing," put in Geordie, saying a good word for the absent Worm. I think that I shall hunt up some others who may be equally bored, and see if we cannot find enough for a game of cards. |
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