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sought after

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sought-af⋅ter

  [sawt-af-ter, -ahf-]
Use sought after in a Sentence
–adjective
that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
Origin:
1880–85
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sought after

Also, much sought after. Very popular, in demand, as in He was much sought after as a throat specialist, particularly by singers. This expression uses the past participle of seek in the sense of "desired" or "searched for." [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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