cast about
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). Compare also Old English costian (“to try, examine”). More at cast, costen.
Verb[edit]
cast about (third-person singular simple present casts about, present participle casting about, simple past and past participle cast about)
- (intransitive) To try to find; look around; search.
- The hounds cast about for the fox's trail.
- (transitive) To plan; plot; contrive.