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

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Verb

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)

hunt

verb

1. To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it:

chase, drive, run, stalk.

2. To try to find something:

cast about, look, quest, search, seek.

phrasal verb
hunt down

To pursue and locate:

nose out, run down, trace, track down.

Idiom: run to earth.

Translations

يُطارِد، يَبْحَث

dopadnoutuštvat

forfølge og pågribe

erjagen

pourchasser traquer

fáradhatatlanul üldöz

leita , elta uppi

inseguire

jage og fange

peşini bırakmamak

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w>hunt down

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

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hunt

(hant) verb

1. to chase (animals etc) for food or for sport. He spent the whole day hunting (deer).

2. to pursue or drive out. The murderer was hunted from town to town.

noun

1. the act of hunting animals etc. a tiger hunt.

2. a search. I'll have a hunt for that lost necklace.

ˈhunter – feminine ˈhuntress – noun

a person who hunts.

ˈhunting noun

the activity of chasing animals etc for food or for sport.

ˈhuntsman (ˈhants-) noun

a hunter.

hunt down

to search for (someone or something) until found. The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.

hunt for

to search for. I've been hunting for that shoe all morning.

hunt high and low

to search everywhere.

hunt out

to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found. I'll hunt out that old photograph for you.