search\ me

search\ me
informal
I don't know; how should I know? - May be considered rude.

When I asked her what time it was, she said, "Search me, I have no watch."


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  • search — I verb chase after, closely examine, comb, delve, examine, examine by inspection, explore, ferret, follow the trail of, go through, hunt, indagate, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, probe, pry into, pursue,… …   Law dictionary

  • Search.ch — is a search engine and web portal for Switzerland. It was founded in 1995 by Rudolf Räber and Bernhard Seefeld as a regional search engine. In the following years many other services were added, such as a phonebook in 1999, a free SMS service in… …   Wikipedia

  • Search — Search  многозначный термин. Содержание 1 Значения 2 Акронимы 3 The Search 4 См. также …   Википедия

  • Search — Search, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Searched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searching}.] [OE. serchen, cerchen, OF. cerchier, F. chercher, L. circare to go about, fr. L. circum, circa, around. See {Circle}.] 1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Search — Search, n. [Cf. OF. cerche. See {Search}, v. t.] The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination. [1913 Webster] Thus the orb he roamed With narrow search, and with inspection deep… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • search — [sʉrch] vt. [ME searchen < OFr cercher < LL circare, to go round, go about, explore < circus, a ring: see CIRCUS] 1. to go over or look through for the purpose of finding something; explore; rummage; examine [to search a house for a lost …   English World dictionary

  • Search — [sə:tʃ], das; s [engl. search = das Suchen, zu: to search = suchen, über afrz. cerchier (= frz. chercher) aus spätlat. circare = prüfend umhergehen] (Jargon): Suche nach Informationen (z. B. im Internet). * * * Search   [engl.], suchen …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • search — ► VERB 1) try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly. 2) examine (a place, vehicle, or person) thoroughly in order to find something or someone. 3) (searching) investigating very deeply: searching questions. ►… …   English terms dictionary

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