Follow and Search

Follow

Follow verb - To go after or on the track of.

Usage example: let's follow the boys to their hiding place

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Search and follow are semantically related. in trail topic. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a verb "Follow".

Nearby Words: following, follower, followed

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Follow and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Follow" instead a verb "Search".

Walter instead declares that the search for the Power Stones is a game of wits, and that they'll simply follow them to the next one.

Source: Anime / The Brave of Gold: Goldran
Alice thinks Elias sacrificed himself to save her, but in reality Elias left Alice to follow the Lord's command to search for the Black Dragon, and Elias thinks Alice can handle herself now.

Source: Video Game / Rage Of The Dragons
The rest understandably follow in search of their missing friends as each one disappears.

Source: Film / The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

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