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go in quest of

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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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Why should he not go in quest of those friends?

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente

Joseph considered it incumbent on him to resume his hat and go in quest of his "boss."

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Here they drink Tea, or play a Game at Ombre, or Quadrille, and afterwards go in quest of a Supper.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Instead of this, I was forced to go in quest of the yew-bough, and to keep the wind and weather out of the owl's cave.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

Alphonso, in despair, immediately offered to go in quest of her.

From The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository. Alphonso and Marina by Various