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

Sellers spend only 30% of their time actually selling, with the rest lost to updating systems and chasing down information. —Rohit Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

Mack and his teammate Troy Dye were chasing down Raiders wide receiver Tre Tucker toward the end of the first quarter. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Then second baseman Máximo Acosta chased down the ball in foul territory and threw wildly past third. —Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025

Tanzania’s Alphonce Felix Simbu won the men’s marathon Monday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, using a stirring final kick to chase down and stun Germany’s Amanal Petros in a photo finish. —Zack Pierce, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for chase down

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