hunt down

phrasal verb

hunted down; hunting down; hunts down

: to succeed in finding (something)

It may take me a while to hunt down the phone number.

: 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 These agents, akin to heat-seeking missiles programmed to hunt down cancer, journey through the bloodstream to deliver their radioactive warheads directly at the tumor site. —

Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024 Years later, after being trained by a blind sword master and now masquerading as a man, Mizu hunts down those four men, knowing that killing them all is the only way to guarantee her vengeance. —

Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024 Listen to this article Loading your audio article A teenager was using his scooter to make deliveries in Philadelphia early Wednesday when he was hunted down and shot by a group of people on ATVs and dirt bikes, according to authorities. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024 The first footage reveals a brewing gang war in Gotham City, as well as a police campaign to hunt down Batman. —

J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for hunt down

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