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beat about
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English
Verb
beat about (third-person singular simple present beats about, present participle beating about, simple past beat about, past participle beaten about or beat about)
- (intransitive, US) To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something.
- He's been beating about for that supposed treasure.
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