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.

Examples of hunt down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Interspersed throughout the main storyline, sequences depict how Trent Ikithon (Mark Strong) recruited the promising fire mage to join his magic academy, submit to painful experimentations to enhance his power, and eventually groomed him to become a Volstrucker assassin to hunt down dissidents. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025

Piastri’s superior pace was enough to vault him ahead of Carlos Sainz and Kimi Antonelli to get back to second after his second stop, which had been brought forward in a futile attempt to hunt down Verstappen at the front. —Luke Smith, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025

Activists of Khan’s party were abducted, leaders hunted down, bought or bludgeoned into submission. —Mohammed Hanif, Time, 1 Dec. 2025

Returning to Afghanistan is not an option for them, advocates say, because of the threat of being hunted down by the Taliban for working with Americans. —Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for hunt down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown