cast about
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cast about
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From cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). Compare also Old English costian (“to try, examine”). More at cast, costen.
verb casts about · casting about · cast about
- To try to find; look around; search. The hounds cast about for the fox's trail.
- To plan; plot; contrive.
