"root around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-root around.ogg Forms: roots around [present, singular, third-person], rooting around [participle, present], rooted around [participle, past], rooted around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} root around (third-person singular simple present roots around, present participle rooting around, simple past and past participle rooted around)
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly US) Alternative form of root about Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: root about

Inflected forms

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