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Why 'search me' means 'tell someone that you don't know the answer to a question
I am reading the Oxford dictionary, and I find a item that I don't understand.
One meaning of search:
Why 'search me' means 'tell someone that you don't know the answer to a question.Could anyone explain it for me?
Jul 27, 2015 11:23 PM
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Search me.
"You can investigate (=search) me completely for the information you want but you won't find it."
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/search+me
It is an idiom.
July 27, 2015
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