hunt up

verb

1. tr to search for, esp successfully

   I couldn't hunt up a copy of it anywhere

2. intr (of a bell) to be rung progressively earlier during a set of changes

Example Sentences

But, I realize, if God is ready to take Reverend Hunt up to heaven, it is not my business to try to stop Him.

From Literature

“Well, come on. We got some more fence cutters to hunt up!”

From Literature

In Vermont, the state is planning to issue 100 permits for the October hunt, up from 55 last year and zero in 2019.

From Washington Times

And yet the press, which both creates and feeds off public interest in these things, rose early, as it does every year, to note the nominations as they were announced and hunt up the nominees for reactions and think about what it has to say about Life and Art and Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times

The federal agency granted a request for Kake residents to hunt up to two moose and five male Sitka black-tailed deer.

From Washington Times