casts about
Looks here, there
Casts about means to search or look around, often with some uncertainty or desperation: She cast about for an excuse.
The phrase suggests scattered, exploratory movement—like casting a fishing line in different directions hoping for a bite.
Someone casts about for words, ideas, solutions, or anything not immediately at hand.
- rummageSearch unsystematically through clutter
- root aroundSearch by moving things aside
- gropeFeel about blindly
- feel aroundSearch using touch
- scanBrief visual sweep
glance · wander · fumble · scour · sweep · hunt · look around · search · hunt for · paw · speculate · poke · nose around · probe · sniff · comb · flounder · vacillate
directness of search
casts abouthomes in
Focuses with precision
locks onto · targets · pinpoints · tracks down · goes after
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