hunt down
phrasal verb
hunted down; hunting down; hunts down
1
: to succeed in finding (something)
It may take me a while to hunt down the phone number.
2
: to find and capture (someone)
The killer was hunted down with help from his relatives.
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Cupid will be on the prowl this Valentine's Day weekend, hunting down potential targets to unleash a volley of amorous arrows onto unsuspecting mortals.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
With a resurgent Lyon now third and Lens hunting down PSG at the top of Ligue 1, Marseille have slipped out of the automatic Champions League qualification spots.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
An Ising machine is a special kind of computer designed to solve optimization problems—the kind of problems where the goal is to hunt down the best solution among an enormous number of possibilities.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Some days, her job consists of hunting down coaches for traveling expense reports and working with the creative team to produce graphics for recruits.
—Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
With a resurgent Lyon now third and Lens hunting down PSG at the top of Ligue 1, Marseille have slipped out of the automatic Champions League qualification spots.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
An Ising machine is a special kind of computer designed to solve optimization problems—the kind of problems where the goal is to hunt down the best solution among an enormous number of possibilities.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Some days, her job consists of hunting down coaches for traveling expense reports and working with the creative team to produce graphics for recruits.
—Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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