活かつを求もとめる

expression, ichidan verb

try to find a way out; seek a solution

Used when someone is in a difficult situation and actively looks for a way to escape or resolve it. Often implies a desperate or urgent search.

• 彼かれは借しゃっ金きん地じ獄ごくから活かつを求もとめて、夜よるも眠ねむれずに働はたらいた。

  He worked without sleep, trying to find a way out of his mountain of debt.

• 会かい社しゃが倒とう産さんの危き機きに陥おちいり、社しゃ長ちょうは活かつを求もとめてあらゆる手しゅ段だんを考かんがえた。

  With the company on the verge of bankruptcy, the president considered every possible means to find a solution.