be hounded (by someone or something)
be hounded (by someone or something)
To be pursued, chased, badgered, or pestered (by someone or something), especially persistently or relentlessly. The president was hounded by the media about the country's involvement in the foreign war. I'm sick of being hounded by you to finish this assignment. The suspect was hounded by police for days, being pursued as far as the border before he was finally arrested.
See also: hound, someone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- pester (one) out of
- pester out of
- hound someone
- hound (something) out of (one)
- hound from some place
- hound out
- hound out of
- hound (someone) from (some place)
- hound (someone) out (of some place)
- have got it in for (one)