All gun for synonyms

verb gun for

• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
• frisk — to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
• grope — to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
• pry — to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
• ferret — a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
• prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
• dragnet — a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
• fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
• nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
• delve — If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
• chase — If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
• sniff out — detect
• beat the bushes — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
• bird-dog — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
• give chase — to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
• look for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
• cast about — to make a mental or visual search
• leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
• look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
• shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
• track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
• turn upside down — invert
• ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
• go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• run after — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.