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 From the moment Simpson led police on a low-speed chase down a Los Angeles freeway after being charged with the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, the media landscape was never the same. —

Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024 Authoritarian regimes—Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a prime example—are leaving nothing to chance, preferring instead to chase down their critics even far from their borders. —

Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024 Rolex never swayed with trends or tried to chase down the latest fad. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024 After Bessel, many nations had the global, imperial reach to chase down those shadows, said Deborah Kent, a math historian at the University of St. Andrews. —

Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024 Police said that after the attack, Stuhlbarg chased down Israel and he was arrested at around 8 p.m. —

Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024 The mayor was in touch with the track coach and had a staff member chase down a lead on an alternative space for handball. —

E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024 Maybe paired with Redondo, Busquets could do his thing and let younger legs chase down speedy wingers and forwards. —

Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024 Having developers chase down and hunt resources is a surefire way to kill the initiative. —

Nicolás Ávila, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024

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