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go hunting where the ducks are

go hunting where the ducks are is the alternative form of hunt where the ducks are.

Meaning of hunt where the ducks are

Verb

hunt where the ducks are (third-person singular simple present hunts where the ducks are, present participle hunting where the ducks are, simple past and past participle hunted where the ducks were or hunted where the ducks are)

  1. (idiomatic) To seek opportunities or results in situations or places where they are most likely to be found.
    • In determining the content of his telecast [Richard] Nixon had, in the vernacular, chosen to hunt where the ducks were, i.e., he made his pitch to that vast television audience which had long shown a preference for the “I Love Lucy” show over the more erudite forms of television fare.1969, David A. Frier, Conflict of Interest in the Eisenhower Administration, Iowa State University Press, page 34

Forms of go hunting where the ducks are

third-person singular presentgoes hunting where the ducks are
present participlegoing hunting where the ducks are
pastwent hunting where the ducks were
past participlegone hunting where the ducks were

Questions about go hunting where the ducks are

What is go hunting where the ducks are the alternative form of?
Go hunting where the ducks are is the alternative form of hunt where the ducks are.

Words near go hunting where the ducks are in the dictionary

  1. go horlan
  2. go horribly right
  3. go hostile
  4. go howl at the moon
  5. go hungry
  6. go hunting where the ducks are
  7. go in
  8. go in at one ear and at out the other
  9. go in circles
  10. go in for
  11. go in off

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