cast about
Meaning
- To try to find; look around; search.
- To plan; plot; contrive.
Synonyms
beat about
speculate
thrown about
Translations
يتأمل
discórrer
brüten
σκέφτομαι
chercherEtymology
In summary
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.
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