root around in (something)
root around in (something)
To dig or rummage aimlessly in or through some cluttered location. I caught my brother rooting around in my desk again. A raccoon was rooting around in the dumpster for something to eat. I rooted around in the attic, but I couldn't find my old comic book collection
See also: around, root
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get (someone) around the table
- get around the table
- find way around
- around (one's) ears
- bomb around
- go around and around
- gaze around
- be up and around
- gaze around at (someone or something)
- feel around (for someone or something)