phrasal verb / idiom · informal
look high and low
UK/lʊk haɪ ənd ləʊ/US/lʊk haɪ ənd loʊ/LOOK·HIGH·and·LOW
search everywhere; look everywhere for something that is hard to find
Examples
“I've looked high and low for my passport but I can't find it.”
“They looked high and low for a venue that was affordable.”
“When preparing for the presentation she looked high and low for good statistics.”
Band 8 sentence
“We looked high and low for a reliable source of data before finalising the report.”
Collocations
- look high and low for + noun
- have looked high and low
Word family
Common mistakes
I looked up and down my room for the key.→I looked high and low in my room for the key.
I looked high and low the document.→I looked high and low for the document.
Say it for a higher band
5look all over→6search everywhere→7+look high and low
Synonyms
search everywhere
look all over
Easily confused
look all over
“I looked all over the house but couldn't find it.”
look up and down
“He looked her up and down before speaking to her.”
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