To go this way and that in search for game, a lost scent, etc., originally a hunting locution. Cf. 60.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > search for game (3) to cast about1575 To go this way and that in search for game, a lost scent, etc., originally a hunting locution. Cf. 60. cast1704 Hunting. intransitive. Of dogs (or huntsmen): To spread out and search in different directions for a lost scent. Cf. to cast about at phrasal verbs. try1810 intransitive and transitive. To search a place in order to find something, esp. game, or its scent. colloquial. |
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