search out
phrasal verb
searched out; searching out; searches out
Definition of search out
: to find (someone or something) by carefully looking
She searched out the needed information.
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“Search out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20out. Accessed 11 May. 2021.
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