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seek out

(tr, adverb) to search hard for a specific person or thing and find she sought out her friend from amongst the crowd

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Verb

seek out - look for a specific person or thing

look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

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vt sep → ausfindig machen; opinion → herausfinden; seek him out, discover what he thinks (liter) → erforschen Sie ihn, finden Sie heraus, was er denkt (geh)

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