hound (someone) out (of some place)
hound (someone) out (of some place)
To hunt, chase, or pursue someone relentlessly, until they leave a particular place. Police hounded the suspect out of his hideout and were able to arrest him en route to Mexico.
See also: hound, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hound someone out
(of something or some place) Go to hound someone from some place.
See also: hound, out
hound something out of someone
Fig. to force someone to give information. We are going to have to hound the information out of her. We hounded the combination to the safe out of them.
See also: hound, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hound (someone) from (some place)
- hound from some place
- hound out
- hound out of
- hound someone
- hound or an animal down
- hound down
- set after (someone or something)
- hunt down
- be hounded (by someone or something)