chase down

phrasal verb

chased down; chasing down; chases down

1

: to follow and catch (someone or something)

Police chased down the robber in an alley.

2

: 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

The Yankees and Astros play the second of three games in what could be a consequential series in the American League, especially if New York chases down the Toronto Blue Jays for the American League East title. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

General audiences will see in it a pretty standard sports-movie/rom-com hybrid where Paul Bettany’s veteran tennis player falls in love with Kirsten Dunst while chasing down a miracle championship at the titular English tournament. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

Gaps In Visibility And Interpretation Anyone who’s led an engineering team knows the pain of chasing down production issues after users are already affected. —Shiva Krishna Kodithyala, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

He was chased down, arrested, and later fired from his DOJ position. —Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for chase down

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown