hunt high and low (for someone or something)
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hunt high and low (for someone or something)
To look absolutely everywhere for someone or something. We've been hunting high and low for an apartment we can afford, but the housing market in this town is atrocious. I hunted high and low, but I couldn't find my passport anywhere. A: "You still haven't found your math book?" B: "No, and I've hunted high and low!"
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hunt high and low (for someone or something)
and look high and low (for someone or something); search high and low (for someone or something)Fig. to look carefully in every possible place for someone or something. We looked high and low for the right teacher. The Smiths are searching high and low for the home of their dreams.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The Norwegian band, fronted by Morten Harket, had their biggest success with debut album Hunting High And Low, which hit No2 in the UK and No15 in the US in 1985.
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