hunt down

hunt down

vb (adverb)

1. (tr) to pursue successfully by diligent searching and chasing they finally hunted down the killer in Mexico

2. (Music, other) (intr) (of a bell) to be rung progressively later during a set of changes

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

hunt down - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" hunt, track down, run snipe - hunt or shoot snipe whale - hunt for whales still-hunt, ambush - hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing turtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation drive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game" drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest" rabbit - hunt rabbits fowl - hunt fowl in the forest poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory" seal - hunt seals ferret - hunt with ferrets hunt - search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests" course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares" foxhunt - hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs jacklight, jack - hunt with a jacklight hawk - hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert" falcon - hunt with falcons; "The tribes like to falcon in the desert" fowl - hunt fowl capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" run - cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs" forage, scrounge - collect or look around for (food)

Translations

? hunt down

vt sep animal, person → (unerbittlich) Jagd machen auf (+acc); (= capture) → zur Strecke bringen