English Explanatory Dictionary

cast about

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To try to find; look around; search.
  2. To plan; plot; contrive.

Word forms

cast about casts about casting about

Etymology

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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