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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Only vampire hunters, like the titular D—a half-vampire, half-human dhampir—can hope to stand up to the vampire’s supernatural might, and in the ‘85 film, D agrees to hunt down a 10,000-year-old vampire lord in order to prevent a young woman from falling under his thrall.
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James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
The next day, a pair of Ukrainian air assault brigades—the 82nd and 95th—went on a mission of revenge, deliberately hunting down small units from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade … and taking no prisoners.
—David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The trailer details how, in her quest to hunt down the people who murdered her family, Eve will encounter other classic John Wick characters like Charon (Lance Reddick in his final posthumous onscreen role) and newcomers like Anjelica Huston’s The Director.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2024
Bloomberg News first reported in 2023 how maintenance shops, airlines and aerospace manufacturers hunted down the suspect parts linked to AOG Technics Ltd, which a UK government website shows as still active.
—Siddharth Philip, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
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James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
The next day, a pair of Ukrainian air assault brigades—the 82nd and 95th—went on a mission of revenge, deliberately hunting down small units from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade … and taking no prisoners.
—David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The trailer details how, in her quest to hunt down the people who murdered her family, Eve will encounter other classic John Wick characters like Charon (Lance Reddick in his final posthumous onscreen role) and newcomers like Anjelica Huston’s The Director.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2024
Bloomberg News first reported in 2023 how maintenance shops, airlines and aerospace manufacturers hunted down the suspect parts linked to AOG Technics Ltd, which a UK government website shows as still active.
—Siddharth Philip, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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