Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)To obtain something, especially information, about (something) from a source (especially electronic sources).

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see search, up.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The search turned up no results.

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  2. Ziri searched up Rima's YouTube channel.

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  3. Ziri searched up Rima's number on Facebook.

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Origin

A conflation of search with look up

A conflation of search with look up

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Forms

searches up, searching up, searched up, searched up
Base formsearch up · to search up
3rd person singularsearches up
Present participlesearching up
Past simplesearched up
Past participlesearched up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysearch up
he, she, itsearches up

Past simpleLesson

all personssearched up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave searched up
he, she, ithas searched up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill search up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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