hunt down

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

And in the hands of Lando Norris, the orange-and-black McLaren was fast enough to hunt down and pass Antonelli before winning by almost 12 seconds. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

What made the news especially painful was how much of the couple’s life had accumulated inside the apartment, often through Facebook Marketplace finds Lubarsky hunted down herself. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

After hunting down everyone on his list responsible for the deaths of his SEAL team, wife and daughter in Season 1, Reece, who has a brain tumor, is now a fugitive struggling at sea on Edwards' old boat. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

There was a play in which Young scrambled outside the pocket and flung the ball to the sideline, which McMillan hunted down and caught with two hands. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for hunt down

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