(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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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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