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Verb: beat about  beet u'bawt
  1. Search anxiously
    - cast about, cast around

Derived forms: beaten about, beat about, beats about, beating about

Type of: dig into, explore, research, search

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bear's-paw fern
bearwood
beast
beast of burden
beastie
beastliness
beastly
beat
beat a dead horse
beat a retreat
beat about
beat about the bush
beat around the bush
beat back
beat down
beat generation
beat hollow
beat in
beat it
beat out
beat up