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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Advertisement Tillman is a vicious, shotgun-toting North Dakota sheriff who’s obsessed with hunting down the battered spouse (Juno Temple) who fled his abuse.
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Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Content by this author: The Bloody Split Within ISIS
In the years after 2014, ultra-radicals within ISIS began to condemn their leaders and fellow militants—and were hunted down in response.
—Karam Alhamad, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
These are hidden near the campsites to be hunted down and pocketed by enterprising players.
—Mark Harris, Vulture, 4 June 2024
In the winter of 1873, 14-year-old Mattie Ross enlists the help of one-eyed federal marshal Rooster Cogburn to hunt down fugitive Tom Chaney and avenge her father's murder.
—The Week Us, theweek, 28 May 2024
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Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Content by this author: The Bloody Split Within ISIS
In the years after 2014, ultra-radicals within ISIS began to condemn their leaders and fellow militants—and were hunted down in response.
—Karam Alhamad, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
These are hidden near the campsites to be hunted down and pocketed by enterprising players.
—Mark Harris, Vulture, 4 June 2024
In the winter of 1873, 14-year-old Mattie Ross enlists the help of one-eyed federal marshal Rooster Cogburn to hunt down fugitive Tom Chaney and avenge her father's murder.
—The Week Us, theweek, 28 May 2024
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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