"cast around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: casts around [present, singular, third-person], casting around [participle, present], cast around [participle, past], cast around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cast<,,cast> around}} cast around (third-person singular simple present casts around, present participle casting around, simple past and past participle cast around)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cast about. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-cast_around-en-verb-f8SNNiBo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cast around meaning in English (1.1kB)

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