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

You will be hunted down, and you will be prosecuted. —Scott MacFarlane 18, CBS News, 18 May 2025

The killing spree occurred as authorities were trying to hunt down William G. Bonin, a former Downey truck driver known as the Freeway Killer. —Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025

All Purpose Cleaning Paste What to fill Easter eggs with instead of candy Sugary sweets are often found tucked inside the plastic eggs that are carefully and chaotically hunted down by little hands. —Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025

Season 2, episode 3 of HBO’s The Last of Us sees Ellie (Bella Ramsey) setting off to hunt down Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), and introduces two warring factions known as the Wolves (W.L.F.) and the Scars (Seraphites). —Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for hunt down

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