hunt down

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hunt down

1. To pursue and find someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hunt" and "down." The police have vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of this crime. If you hurt my daughter, I'll hunt you down, you hear me?
2. To search for someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hunt" and "down." I'm trying to hunt down an extra cookie pan, but I've been unsuccessful so far.
See also: down, hunt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hunt someone or something down

 
1. to chase and catch someone or something. I don't know where Amy is, but I'll hunt her down. I'll find her. I will hunt down the villain.
2. to locate someone or something. I don't have a big enough gasket. I'll have to hunt one down. I have to hunt down a good dentist.
See also: down, hunt
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hunt down

v.
1. To pursue, track, or search for something or someone: The panther hunted down the deer. The police hunted the kidnappers down.
2. To find something or someone after a long or difficult search: I hunted down my watch—it was at the bottom of my sock drawer. After two weeks, the detectives finally hunted the suspect down.
See also: down, hunt
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bear down
  • ask down
  • call down
  • clean down
  • chow down
  • chow something down
  • clunk
  • clunk down
  • brush down
  • button down
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When I could finally afford to buy music again, my interest had waned, partly because I couldn't find an easy way to hunt down what I wanted.
Editor's note
US troops entered Pakistan yesterday in a fresh bid to hunt down terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden.
BIN LADEN IS TARGET OF NEW HUNT
Researchers in Spain propose that bats hunt down migrating birds in midair.
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If his constant cropping indicates an attempt to hunt down the political, what he finds is the impossibility of locating anything other than a perfectly vague aestheticism.
GAVIN HIPKINS
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MOSUL / NINA /- Iraqi joint forces have launched a security operation to hunt down Daesh terrorist cells in desert areas west of Mosul.
A Military Operation To Hunt Down Daesh Gangs West of Mosul
Summary: Panchkula (Haryana) [India], September 26 (ANI): Panchkula Police conducted raids in Delhi's Greater Kailash area to hunt down riot accused Aditya and Pawan Insan on Tuesday.
Police have arrest warrant for Honeypreet, Aditya and Pawan Insan: Panchkula Commissioner