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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 | 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" 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 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" |
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hunt
verb2. To try to find something:
hunt down
To pursue and locate:
Idiom: run to earth.
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Translations
يُطارِد، يَبْحَث
dopadnoutuštvat
forfølge og pågribe
fáradhatatlanul üldöz
leita , elta uppi
peşini bırakmamak
w>hunt down
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hunt
(hant) verb1. 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.
noun1. 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.
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