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cast around

cast around verb: to cast about.

Verb

cast around (third-person singular simple present casts around, present participle casting around, simple past and past participle cast around)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cast about.

Forms of cast around

third-person singular presentcasts around
present participlecasting around
past participlecast around
pastcast around

Questions about cast around

What does cast around mean?
Cast around means to cast about.
What part of speech is cast around?
Cast around is a verb.
What is the past tense of cast around?
The past tense of cast around is cast around.

Words near cast around in the dictionary

  1. cast a shadow
  2. cast about
  3. cast accounts
  4. cast adrift
  5. cast anchor
  6. cast around
  7. cast aside
  8. cast aspersions
  9. cast away
  10. cast back
  11. cast caution to the wind

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