high and low

high and low idiom
Everywhere, as in We searched high and low but couldn't find the ring, or He hunted high and low for a parking space.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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