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Strongest matches

• flop
• stumble
• wallow

Strong matches

• blunder
• bobble
• flummox
• fumble
• grope
• labor
• lurch
• muddle
• plunge
• pratfall
• snafu
• strive
• thrash
• toil
• toss
• travail
• tumble

Weak matches

• come apart at the seams
• drop the ball
• fall down
• foul up
• go at backwards
• go to pieces
• make a mess of
• miss one's cue
• screw up
• slip up
• stub one's toe
• trip up
• work at

Strongest matches

• comb
• rummage
• scour
• scrounge

Strong matches

• beat
• explore
• grub
• hunt
• pilfer
• plunder
• raid
• rake
• ransack
• ravage
• seek

Weak match

• fine-tooth-comb

Weak matches

• examine
• explore
• feel
• feel blindly
• finger
• fish
• flounder
• fumble
• handle
• manipulate
• poke
• pry
• root
• scrabble
• search
• touch

Strongest match

• flounder

Strong matches

• examine
• explore
• finger
• fish
• fumble
• handle
• manipulate
• poke
• pry
• root
• scrabble
• search
• touch

Weak matches

• feel blindly
• grabble

Strongest matches

• drag
• examine
• forage
• go after
• interrogate
• investigate
• prowl
• scour
• seek

Strong matches

• delve
• grope
• inquire
• probe
• quest
• question
• ransack
• rummage
• sift
• trace
• trail
• winnow

Weak matches

• be on the lookout
• ferret out
• fish for
• look all over hell
• look high and low
• nose around
• run down
• scratch around
• search high heaven
• try to find

Strongest matches

• check
• comb
• examine
• explore
• go through
• hunt
• hunt for
• inspect
• investigate
• look
• probe
• ransack
• scan
• scour
• scout
• scrutinize
• seek
• sift

Strong matches

• beat
• ferret
• forage
• frisk
• grope
• grub
• inquire
• prospect
• pry
• quest
• rake
• root
• rummage
• study

Weak matches

• beat about
• chase after
• go in quest of
• go over with a fine-tooth comb
• gun for
• leave no stone unturned
• look for
• look high and low
• look over
• poke into
• rifle through
• run down
• shake down
• smell around
• track down
• turn inside out
• turn upside down

Strongest matches

• explore
• follow
• investigate
• pursue

Strong matches

• chase
• comb
• delve
• dragnet
• fan
• fish
• hunt
• inquire
• mouse
• nose
• prowl
• quest
• ransack
• root
• scout
• scratch

Weak matches

• be after
• beat the bushes
• bird-dog
• bob for
• delve for
• dig for
• ferret out
• fish for
• go after
• gun for
• leave no stone unturned
• look about
• look around
• look high and low
• run after
• search for
• search out
• sniff out
• track down