chase down

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

After a jump ball, Miles chased down the ball at midcourt, started to drive and passed to Hof, whose layup at the buzzer did not fall. —Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 10 May 2026

In that incident, surveillance footage cited by 6abc showed gunmen chasing down Brandon, a former high school basketball hero and coach, and fatally shooting him. —Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026

Like so many others in the area, Hayes packed in to watch the smooth lefty from tiny Franklin High School chase down LeBron James’ high school scoring marks. —Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Document management doesn’t have to mean chasing down signatures or wrestling with clunky PDF tools. —Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for chase down

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