search high and low

[/sɜːrtʃ haɪ ənd loʊ/]

verb phrase

procurar por todos os lados

1. To search everywhere; to look in all possible places for something or someone

I searched high and low for my keys before finding them in the bathroom.

Procurei por todos os lados pelas minhas chaves antes de encontrá-las no banheiro.

2. To make a thorough and exhaustive search

We searched high and low for the missing cat throughout the neighborhood.

Procuramos por todos os lados pelo gato desaparecido em todo o bairro.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

procurar por todos os lados

Most common usage in Brazilian Portuguese

Brazil

procurar em cima e embaixo

Literal translation, also used colloquially

Portugal

procurar por todo o lado

Portuguese European variant with 'lado' instead of 'lados'

General

revirar tudo

More informal: to turn everything upside down in search

turn the place upside down

leave no stone unturned

hunt high and low

look far and wide

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