hunt up

British  

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

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Example Sentences

After a 47-year-long search, physicists would not give the hunt up that lightly.

From Economist • Dec. 14, 2011

That was certainly part of the pitch, but he didn't have to go to the library to hunt up the passages.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2011

While they continued their man hunt up to and past Fraser's house, the crofter coolly phoned the police, set a warm meal before the exhausted man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now we�re planning to do a spring bear hunt up in Alaska.�

From Time Magazine Archive

We’d be delighted if you could hunt up a good detective for us.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank