transitive verb
: to lay plans concerning : consider , contrive
cast about how he was to go
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to turn one's course
b. of a ship : to go about
2. : to seek here and there : look around : search
cast about for means of amusement — Rudyard Kipling
casting about for something he is likely to be able to do for a living — G.N.Shuster