chase down

phrasal verb

chased down; chasing down; chases down

: to follow and catch (someone or something)

Police chased down the robber in an alley.

: to search for and find (someone or something)

I finally chased down that recipe I promised you.

I chased him down at his old hangout.

Examples of chase down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sinner, who was at the net after returning a Draper volley, needed to sprint diagonally across the court and back to the baseline to chase down Draper’s follow-up shot. —

Jill Martin, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024 Olympic aftermath The day after her fateful performance, Raygun was literally chased down by reporters. —

Jason Pu, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 Some spent hours a week chasing down the meager payments, listening to hold music and sending faxes into the abyss. —

Seyward Darby, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2024 The 17-year-old Canadian chased down American Alex Walsh and held off another U.S. swimmer, Kate Douglass, to finish in an Olympic record of 2:06.56. —

Paul Newberry, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chase down

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