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

Bowens crashed to the turf awkwardly while chasing down a deep pass, and stayed down while clutching his right knee. —Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024

Two minutes into the fourth quarter as the Nuggets were trying to conjure more second-unit magic, Doncic clanked a 3-pointer but chased down his own rebound in mid-air behind the baseline, chucking it off an unsuspecting opponent then out of bounds. —Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2024

After a multiyear pandemic pause, the agency is rebooting its collection efforts, hammering home its intent to chase down high earners who owe the most. —Ron Lieber, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024

And defensively, chasing down shots, changing shots, blocking shots, coming up with strong rebounds. —Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024

On both goals, George was running toward the goal, chasing down the ball, while the goalkeeper left the goal, trying to get to the ball first. —Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024

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