hunt for (someone or something)
hunt for (someone or something)
1. To engage in the sport of hunting. Last I heard, they were going out to hunt for quail.
2. To search for someone or something. I'm hunting for an extra cookie pan, but I can't find a thing in all this mess!
See also: hunt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hunt for someone or something
1. to chase someone or something for sport. The hunter hunted for grouse on the game preserve. Frank likes to hunt for deer.
2. to look for someone or something. I am hunting for someone to help me with the piano. lam hunting for a new piano.
See also: hunt
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hunt for
- hunt after
- hunt after (someone or something)
- flush the birds out of the bushes
- in search of
- in search of (someone or something)
- flush out the bird
- hunt
- quest
- in quest of