seek out

present singular third person seeks out · participle present seeking out · participle past sought out · past sought out

1. transitiveTo try to locate; to search for.

   Some of us order far more than we need online. Some of us are so deep in the countryside that delivery vans must divert their routes to seek us out.

   2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian

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   At the head of the fiord, and along its sides, can still be seen the hulks of German destroyers and submarines. These sought shelter in this secluded spot, but the British Navy sought them out and sank them.

   1953 June, C. E. N. Watts, “Railway Through Lapland”, in Railway Magazine, page 384

   Ralph still seeks out physical release. Like Moses, he does his best thinking when he’s swimming. “I think challenging yourself physically is a great way of getting all the crap out of your head,” he said.

   2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: forseek, hunt down, track down