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Idioms and Phrases
I don't know the answer to that, as in Where's John?鈥擲earch me, I haven't seen him for weeks . This expression in effect means 鈥測ou can investigate me completely for the information you want but you won't find it.鈥 [ Slang ; c. 1900]Example Sentences
"How would the police officers search me if they were male?"
Search me, but maybe the answer is in the credits: Maybe he feels that there is an 鈥淎bel Tesfaye鈥 side to his talent that 鈥渢he Weeknd鈥 persona does not sufficiently express.
鈥淚 told them I wasn鈥檛 going to give up my constitutional rights, and have them search me every time I go to the store to buy a soda pop or a pack of beer,鈥 said Ruther, sitting in an office chair, clutching a Starbucks cup of coffee and a Newport cigarette.
The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in his interview with Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday amounted to him saying "search me guv, I haven't the foggiest" when he was pressed for any detail about Mr Zahawi's taxes.
鈥淭he song simply says, 鈥楲ord, you search me.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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