cast about/around for something phrasal verb (see also cast)
to try hard to think of the right thing to do or say:
She cast about frantically for an excuse.
Telecoms companies are casting around for ways of recouping huge losses.

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cast about for
cast about (for (something))
to try to find something.
She spent years casting about for a career before she opened her own restaurant.

Etymology: based on the idea of someone who fishes by casting (= throwing) a line or net in first one pool of water and then another

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cast about for something
cast about (for (something))
to try to find something.
She spent years casting about for a career before she opened her own restaurant.

Etymology: based on the idea of someone who fishes by casting (= throwing) a line or net in first one pool of water and then another

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

cast about for
• cast around/about for (someone or something)
to look for someone or something
We have been casting around for a new file clerk in our company.

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cast about for something
• cast around/about for (someone or something)
to look for someone or something
We have been casting around for a new file clerk in our company.

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cast about for someone
• cast around/about for (someone or something)
to look for someone or something
We have been casting around for a new file clerk in our company.

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