hunt down

• فعل مركّب يعني البحث عن شخص أو شيء والتقصي عنه حتى العثور عليه أو القبض عليه، غالبًا بإصرار ومثابرة. ويُستعمل أيضًا بمعنى تعقّب الأثر للوصول إلى المطلوب.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of searching for and capturing or finding someone or something, often with determination or persistence.

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1. Pursue and captureformal

   To search for someone or something until you find and capture or kill them.

   تعقّب وإلقاء القبض

   • The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.
   • They vowed to hunt down the criminals responsible.
   • The detective hunted down the missing evidence.

   المرادفاتapprehendcapturecatchferret outpursuerun downseek outsmoke outtracetrack down

2. Find with difficultyinformal

   To search persistently for something until you find it, often after a long effort.

   البحث بجهد حتى الإيجاد

   • I finally hunted down a copy of that rare book.
   • She hunted down the perfect dress for the party.
   • He hunted down the last remaining ticket for the concert.

   المرادفاتdig upferret outlocateroot outscourtrack downunearth

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