Fish+for
1fish for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting. * /Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob s house./ * /Near… …
2fish for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get or to find out (something), by hinting or by a roundabout way to try to lead someone else to give or tell you what you want by hinting. * /Jerry was always fishing for an invitation to Bob s house./ * /Near… …
3fish for — phr verb Fish for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑compliment, ↑salmon, ↑trout …
4fish for a compliment — {v, phr.} To try to make someone pay a compliment. * /When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment./ …
5fish for a compliment — {v, phr.} To try to make someone pay a compliment. * /When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment./ …
6fish for — Synonyms and related words: address, angle for, ask for, beat about for, bid for, canvass, court, delve for, dig for, follow, go gunning for, gun for, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, look, look for, look up, pop the question, prowl after, pursue, quest …
7fish for stamps — fishing long enough to be eligible for unemployment insurance (Newfoundland) …
8fish for compliments — verb To try to induce someone to make a compliment. He is fishing for compliments …
9fish for — to try subtly or deviously to obtain information or a response …
10fish for compliments — to try and obtain praise by subtle of devious means …
