beat about in English

Forms: beats about [present, singular, third-person], beating about [participle, present], beat about [past], beaten about [participle, past], beat about [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten:beat> about}} beat about (third-person singular simple present beats about, present participle beating about, simple past beat about, past participle beaten about or beat about)

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    {
      "form": "beats about",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "beat about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten about",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "beat about",
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        {
          "text": "He's been beating about for that supposed treasure.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something."
      ],
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        [
          "look around",
          "look around"
        ],
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          "hunt",
          "hunt"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, US) To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat about"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beats about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beating about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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        "To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something."
      ],
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        [
          "search for",
          "search for"
        ],
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          "look around",
          "look around"
        ],
        [
          "hunt",
          "hunt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, US) To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something."
      ],
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        "US",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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  "word": "beat about"
}

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"beat about" meaning in English

Verb