1. a cauta (ceva) peste tot
2. a cauta, a incerca sa gaseasca (o scuza etc.)

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v.i.: (fig.) a căuta; a-şi imagina; a se gândi la; a încerca să găsească. "He would cast about in his mind for some words that might console her, and would find only lame and useless ones." (J. Joyce, Dubliners) "I cast about wildly for a clue to tell me what this was, but I could find nothing." (R. Wright, Black Boy)