- cast a wide net
- When trying to find something, if you cast a wide net, you cover an extensive area or use a wide range of sources.
The hospital cast a wide net in their search for compatible donors.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
cast a wide net
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cast/spread your net wide — ► to include many people or things when you are looking for something or trying to do something: »With unemployment in the area below 1%, it has had to cast its net wide to fill the 70 jobs it expects to create this year. Main Entry: ↑net … Financial and business terms
cast/spread your net wide — to try many different things so that you will have the best chance of finding what you want Companies are casting their nets wide in search of young, talented employees. • • • Main Entry: ↑net … Useful english dictionary
cast your net wide — cast/spread your net wide ► to include many people or things when you are looking for something or trying to do something: »With unemployment in the area below 1%, it has had to cast its net wide to fill the 70 jobs it expects to create this year … Financial and business terms
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net — what is left after deducting all charges (see gross). Glossary of Business Terms The gain or loss on a security sale as measured by the selling price of a security less the adjusted cost of acquisition. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
cast your net wide — phrase to consider or involve a large variety of people or things Velikovsky had cast his net wide in search of supporting evidence for his theory. Thesaurus: to include something or someonesynonym Main entry: cast * * * cast your net wide see… … Useful english dictionary
Cast-iron architecture — is a form of architecture where cast iron plays a prominent role. It was a prominent style in the Industrial Revolution era when cast iron was relatively cheap and modern steel had not yet been developed. tructural useCast iron has been used for… … Wikipedia
cast your net wide — cast (your) net wide/wider to think about a large number of things or people when choosing the thing or person that you want. If we don t get many interesting candidates this time round we may have to cast our net a little wider … New idioms dictionary
cast net wide — cast (your) net wide/wider to think about a large number of things or people when choosing the thing or person that you want. If we don t get many interesting candidates this time round we may have to cast our net a little wider … New idioms dictionary
cast your net wider — cast (your) net wide/wider to think about a large number of things or people when choosing the thing or person that you want. If we don t get many interesting candidates this time round we may have to cast our net a little wider … New idioms dictionary
