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
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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.
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Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The service let users hunt down their personal information on the web and submit takedown requests across dozens of websites — all through Mozilla’s partnership with Onerep.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Each vehicle that gets customized undergoes hundreds of miles of testing to hunt down any potentially annoying noises, since few owners will want to crank up music through Apple CarPlay on the dash.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
So some beekeepers are turning to GPS tracking devices and surveillance cameras to hunt down their hives.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Rick Deckard, the bounty hunter who makes a living hunting down androids, is probably an android.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2024
The woman saw where Sonia was running and informed the man—Sonia knew she would be hunted down.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
When gardeners shop local and hunt down nurseries that collect seeds of native plants from the nearby region, the resulting plants will have the suite of characteristics adapted to suit the local conditions.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
That’s why, instead of hunting down new customers, the smartest move for vertical SaaS companies right now is to extract more value from existing customers.
—Itai Sadan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The service let users hunt down their personal information on the web and submit takedown requests across dozens of websites — all through Mozilla’s partnership with Onerep.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
Each vehicle that gets customized undergoes hundreds of miles of testing to hunt down any potentially annoying noises, since few owners will want to crank up music through Apple CarPlay on the dash.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
So some beekeepers are turning to GPS tracking devices and surveillance cameras to hunt down their hives.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Rick Deckard, the bounty hunter who makes a living hunting down androids, is probably an android.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2024
The woman saw where Sonia was running and informed the man—Sonia knew she would be hunted down.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
When gardeners shop local and hunt down nurseries that collect seeds of native plants from the nearby region, the resulting plants will have the suite of characteristics adapted to suit the local conditions.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
That’s why, instead of hunting down new customers, the smartest move for vertical SaaS companies right now is to extract more value from existing customers.
—Itai Sadan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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