hunt down

phrasal verb

hunted down; hunting down; hunts down

: to succeed in finding (something)

It may take me a while to hunt down the phone number.

: to find and capture (someone)

The killer was hunted down with help from his relatives.

Examples of hunt down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a world in which no one speaks, a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Weaving) who has escaped their imprisonment. —

Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 In the trailer, which can be seen in full below, Cross must hunt down a killer who has put the detective in his crosshairs. —

Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Sep. 2024 Connecting the dots required really hunting down some people from the past. —

Kate Bernot, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2024 In 1940, the Kremlin hunted down one of its revolutionary leaders and communist ideologues, Leon Trotsky, who had been ousted from power after falling out with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. —

Owen Hayes, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hunt down

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