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seek out

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seek out
vb
(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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Verb1.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"
Translations
? seek out
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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In the meanwhile, I was to seek out a lawyer, who was an Appin Stewart, and a man therefore to be wholly trusted; and it should be his part to find a ship and to arrange for Alan's safe embarkation.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
"There is only one thing we can do," returned the Lion, "and that is to go to the land of the Winkies, seek out the Wicked Witch, and destroy her.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
I shall seek out forty steady, firm men, recruited among people a little compromised, but having habits of discipline.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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