LOOK HIGH AND LOW FOR

Meaning of LOOK HIGH AND LOW FOR in English

v. phr. To look everywhere; search all over. Everyone has been looking high and low for the lost key but no one could find it.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

LOOK HIGH AND LOW FOR — {v. phr.} To look everywhere; search all over. * /Everyone has been looking high and low for the lost key …
Slang English vocab
LOOK HIGH AND LOW FOR — {v. phr.} To look everywhere; search all over. * /Everyone has been looking high and low for the lost key …
Словарь английских идиом
LOW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty …
Английский словарь Британика
LOW — I. ˈlō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlāw, hlǣw — more at law archaic : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOW — low 1 — lowish , adj. — lowness , n. /loh/ , adj., lower, lowest , adv., lower, lowest , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH — /huy/ , adj., higher, highest , adv., higher, highest , n. adj. 1. having a great or considerable extent or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOW — I. ˈlō intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English loowen, from Old English hlōwan; akin to Old High German hluoen to moo, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIGH — I. ˈhī adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hēah; akin to Old High German hōh high, Lithuanian kaukaras hill …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOW
Webster English vocab
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
HIGH — vi to hie. 2. high ·noun the highest card dealt or drawn. 3. high ·noun people of rank or high …
Webster English vocab
LOW — [low] vi [ME loowen, fr. OE hlowan; akin to OHG hluoen to moo, L calare to call, summon, Gk kalein] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH — [high] adj [ME, fr. OE heah; akin to OHG hoh high, Lith kaukaras hill] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having large …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOW — low, Low BrE AmE ləʊ AmE loʊ (= lo) ▷ lowed ləʊd AmE loʊd ▷ lower ˈləʊ ə AmE ˈloʊ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIGH — high BrE AmE haɪ ▷ higher ˈha ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈhaɪ‿ ə r ▷ highest ˈha ɪ ‿ɪst əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOW — / ləʊ; NAmE loʊ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( lower , low·est ) NOT HIGH …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOW — I. low 1 S1 W1 /ləʊ $ loʊ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative lower , superlative lowest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGH — I. high 1 S1 W1 /haɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative higher , superlative highest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOW — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIGH
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOW — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIGH
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOW — 1. adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. of less than average height; not high or tall or reaching far up …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
HIGH
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOW — ( lower, lowest, lows) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LOOK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOW — (SMALL IN AMOUNT) [adjective] -er, -est - small in size, number, value or amount, or of not good qualityTemperatures are …
Cambridge English vocab
HIGH — n. High Plateau high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty high jump high …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGH — Synonyms and related words : Dutch courage, Gymnasium, Hydromatic, Latin school, Olympian, Realgymnasium, Realschule, a bit much, a high, abandoned, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOW — n. high and low lay low low cost low down low grade low key low keyed low pressure low priced …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HIGH — n. high and low high and mighty high flown high handed high hat high hearted high jinks high minded high …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOW — See ↑ BRIGHT 4, ↑ LITTLE 1, ↑ LOW 1,2,3, ↑ QUIET 3, ↑ SMALL 3, ↑ VOICE 4 ◆◆◆ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOW — INDEX: 1. not high or not far off the ground 2. a low sound/voice etc 3. a low temperature/level/rate/cost RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
HIGH — INDEX: high above the ground 1. a long way above the ground 2. a high building/mountain/tree etc 3. how high …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOW — n. 25B6; adjective a low fence : SHORT, small, little; squat, stubby, stunted, dwarf; shallow. she was wearing a low …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — n. 25B6; verb Mrs Wright looked at him : GLANCE, gaze, stare, gape, peer; peep, peek, take a look; watch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGH — n. 25B6; adjective a high mountain : TALL, lofty, towering, elevated, giant, big; multi-storey, high-rise. a high position in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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