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

Patients don’t want to spend time hunting down savings across multiple sites or enrolling in complicated programs. —Wendy Barnes, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025

There were unsubstantiated reports of a gunman in the facility, and the ATF, in a joint operation with the New Orleans SWAT team, stormed the location with guns drawn to hunt down a gunman who never materialized. —Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Mid-set, an unidentified object flew from the crowd and struck a member of his band — which prompted Bryan to halt the show and hunt down the culprit. —Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Robots built Trantor and the Galactic Empire, and then humans took those gifts and turned on their creation, hunting down and exterminating all robots. —Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for hunt down

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