quest for (someone or something)

quest for (someone or something)

To hunt, seek, or search for something. We've been questing for locations to shoot our new film. The border is always filled with refugees questing for a better future.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

quest for someone or something

to seek after someone or something. Martin is off questing for a book on baroque organ building. She is questing for a better way to do it.
See also: quest
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • quest for
  • search for
  • search for (someone or something)
  • seek out
  • search out
  • shoot to ribbons
  • shot to ribbons
  • shot to pieces
  • shoot to pieces
  • make as if to (do something)