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.
Examples of hunt down in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The office has most recently been hunting down county employees suspected of federal Payroll Protection Program fraud.
—
A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
The fan film, which centers on Gandalf tasking Aragorn with hunting down Gollum before the latter can find Frodo and the One Ring, has earned 13 million views since its debut more than a decade ago.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 May 2024
And, in fact, Adobe just expanded a bug bounty program for ethical hackers and security researchers to hunt down security flaws in the product.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Captain William Kidd, the Scottish privateer sent on a mission in September 1696 to hunt down and destroy pirates, instead joined the free-for-all by seizing the Quedagh Merchant.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
And in the process of hunting down material that is already on its radar, the Virtual Treasury team is also uncovering, and incorporating, unexpected treasures.
—Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Authorities in the town said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the bear that carried out the attack had been hunted down and killed.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
In wake of Ukraine war, U.S. and allies are hunting down Russian spies
The indictment does not include any information about the identity of the person Slater corresponded with on the dating website or their country of origin.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Today, Thorn’s responsibilities include research, writing a blog and doing media interviews—but his outreach also centrally includes hunting down the answers to queries posed by fans.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
The fan film, which centers on Gandalf tasking Aragorn with hunting down Gollum before the latter can find Frodo and the One Ring, has earned 13 million views since its debut more than a decade ago.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 May 2024
And, in fact, Adobe just expanded a bug bounty program for ethical hackers and security researchers to hunt down security flaws in the product.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Captain William Kidd, the Scottish privateer sent on a mission in September 1696 to hunt down and destroy pirates, instead joined the free-for-all by seizing the Quedagh Merchant.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
And in the process of hunting down material that is already on its radar, the Virtual Treasury team is also uncovering, and incorporating, unexpected treasures.
—Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Authorities in the town said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the bear that carried out the attack had been hunted down and killed.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
In wake of Ukraine war, U.S. and allies are hunting down Russian spies
The indictment does not include any information about the identity of the person Slater corresponded with on the dating website or their country of origin.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Today, Thorn’s responsibilities include research, writing a blog and doing media interviews—but his outreach also centrally includes hunting down the answers to queries posed by fans.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'hunt down.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near hunt down
Cite this Entry
“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share