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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While my character is fictional, there are special agents who did hunt down Bob Mathews, and capturing their essence or doing justice to the spirit of someone in that position was unknown territory.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, this thriller stars Rami Malek as a CIA cryptographer who blackmails the agency into training him in order to hunt down the terrorists who killed his wife.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Iconic jewelry brands have slashed prices on their signature pieces, and our shopping editors have been busy hunting down the best finds from top retailers like Nordstrom, Amazon, and Macy’s.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024
In another one of his classic action, sci-fi films, Schwarzenegger plays a military man named Dutch who tries to hunt down a vicious, and extremely tactical extraterrestrial in the jungles of Latin America.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, this thriller stars Rami Malek as a CIA cryptographer who blackmails the agency into training him in order to hunt down the terrorists who killed his wife.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Iconic jewelry brands have slashed prices on their signature pieces, and our shopping editors have been busy hunting down the best finds from top retailers like Nordstrom, Amazon, and Macy’s.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024
In another one of his classic action, sci-fi films, Schwarzenegger plays a military man named Dutch who tries to hunt down a vicious, and extremely tactical extraterrestrial in the jungles of Latin America.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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