hunt down
phrasal verb
hunted down; hunting down; hunts down
1
: to succeed in finding (something)
It may take me a while to hunt down the phone number.
2
: to find and capture (someone)
The killer was hunted down with help from his relatives.
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Many who escaped the battlefield were hunted down and executed.
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Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
Photograph: Joe McBride/Getty Images Thanks to their excellent smelling ability, dogs have been used for hundreds of years to hunt down wild game and search for criminals.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
Even those immigrants who committed a crime after arriving here probably won’t be immediately hunted down because right now, our priority seems to be to seek out and arrest those who have lengthy criminal records or committed serious felonies such as murder or rape.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Under Trump, immigrants who have lived in this nation for decades, worked diligently at menial jobs, raised families, paid their taxes, have been convicted of no crimes, are being hunted down like animals and deported.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
Photograph: Joe McBride/Getty Images Thanks to their excellent smelling ability, dogs have been used for hundreds of years to hunt down wild game and search for criminals.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
Even those immigrants who committed a crime after arriving here probably won’t be immediately hunted down because right now, our priority seems to be to seek out and arrest those who have lengthy criminal records or committed serious felonies such as murder or rape.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Under Trump, immigrants who have lived in this nation for decades, worked diligently at menial jobs, raised families, paid their taxes, have been convicted of no crimes, are being hunted down like animals and deported.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunt down
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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