google, to
To search for information online via a search engine, typically Google. Hmm, I'm not sure when their first album came out—let me google it. Just googling won't work in this case—the word is too common.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
in. & tv. to search (for) something on the internet, using Google.com. Why don’t you just go to your computer and google for it yourself?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
google, to
To look up something or someone via a popular computer search engine. The name Google was first recorded for a particular search engine in 1998. Since then it came to be used as a synonym for Web searching, using any search engine available. When asked about her other publications, the author of this book frequently replies, “You can google me.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- quod Google
- go out in search of
- go out in search of (someone or something)
- scrounge (around )
- scrounge (around for someone or something)
- scrounge around
- scrounge around (for someone or something)
- in search of
- in search of (someone or something)