- hunt down
- phr verbHunt down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑murderer
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hunt down
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hunt down — index expose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hunt down — verb pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (Freq. 2) Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland The dogs are running deer The Duke hunted in these woods • Syn: ↑hunt, ↑run, ↑track down … Useful english dictionary
hunt down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hunt down : present tense I/you/we/they hunt down he/she/it hunts down present participle hunting down past tense hunted down past participle hunted down 1) to try to find every member of a group Those who… … English dictionary
hunt down — PHRASAL VERB If you hunt down a criminal or an enemy, you find them after searching for them. [V P n (not pron)] Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters... [V P n (not pron)] Mr Wilson made a speech demanding that the… … English dictionary
hunt down — verb a) To hunt something and capture or kill it. I managed to hunt down a copy of the magazine. b) To find with difficulty … Wiktionary
hunt down — Synonyms and related words: beat, chase, course, determine, dig out, discover, dog, drive, falcon, find, find out, flush, follow, follow a clue, follow the hounds, follow up, fowl, get, go hunting, gun, hawk, hit, hound, hunt, invent, jack,… … Moby Thesaurus
hunt down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To pursue and locate: nose out, run down, trace, track down. Idiom: run to earth (or ground). See GET. II verb See hunt … English dictionary for students
hunt down — {v.} 1. To pursue and capture; look hard for an animal or person until found and caught. * /The police hunted down the escaped prisoner./ Compare: TRACK DOWN. 2. To search for (something) until one finds it. * /Professor Jones hunted down the… … Dictionary of American idioms
hunt down — {v.} 1. To pursue and capture; look hard for an animal or person until found and caught. * /The police hunted down the escaped prisoner./ Compare: TRACK DOWN. 2. To search for (something) until one finds it. * /Professor Jones hunted down the… … Dictionary of American idioms
hunt\ down — v 1. To pursue and capture; look hard for an animal or person until found and caught. The police hunted down the escaped prisoner. Compare: track down 2. To search for (smth) until one finds it. Professor Jones hunted down the written manuscript… … Словарь американских идиом
