go in quest of

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

check comb examine explore go through hunt hunt for inspect investigate look probe ransack scan scour scout scrutinize seek sift

STRONG

beat ferret forage frisk grope grub inquire prospect pry quest rake root rummage study

WEAK

beat about cast about chase after go over with a fine-tooth comb gun for leave no stone unturned look for look high and low look over poke into rifle through run down shake down smell around track down turn inside out turn upside down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore neglect overlook

STRONG

cover

WEAK

find

Example Sentences

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He could see an illuminated clock down the street, and he resolved that when the hand reached the hour he would defy Adrian's order and go in quest of him.

From The Game and the Candle by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

Those who go in quest of Beauty will find her here....

From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee

I wished Government would fit out an expedition to go in quest of him.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

Having a good supply of the “milk of human kindness” within his breast, and a heart open to the distresses of his species, the traveller determined to go in quest of the afflicted fair.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

“Let me have some money, and I will go in quest of him at once, and bribe him to silence.”

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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