beat about (English, verb)
expansion: beat about (third-person singular simple present beats about, present participle beating about, simple past beat about, past participle beaten about or beat about)
Senses:
glosses: To search for something; to look around for something; to hunt for something.
tags: US
intransitive
Forms:
form: beats about
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating about
tags: participle
present
form: beat about
tags: past
form: beaten about
tags: participle
past
form: beat about
tags: participle
past