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cast one's net wider

cast one's net wider is the alternative form of cast one's net wide.

Meaning of cast one's net wide

Verb

cast one's net wide (third-person singular simple present casts one's net wide, present participle casting one's net wide, simple past and past participle cast one's net wide)

  1. (figuratively) To attempt a large number and variety of options.

Forms of cast one's net wider

third-person singular presentcasts one's net wider
present participlecasting one's net wider
past participlecast one's net wider
pastcast one's net wider

Questions about cast one's net wider

What is cast one's net wider the alternative form of?
Cast one's net wider is the alternative form of cast one's net wide.

Words near cast one's net wider in the dictionary

  1. cast one's bread upon the waters
  2. cast one's lot with
  3. cast one's mind back
  4. cast one's net far and wide
  5. cast one's net wide
  6. cast one's net wider
  7. cast one's vote
  8. cast out
  9. cast out nines
  10. cast out the Devil with Beelzebub
  11. cast over

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