hunt down

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по поиску и поимке или нахождению кого-либо или чего-либо, часто с решимостью или настойчивостью.

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

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Pursue and captureformal

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

   Выследить и поймать

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

   Synonymsapprehendcapturecatchferret outpursuerun downseek outsmoke outtracetrack down

2. Find with difficultyinformal

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

   Разыскать с трудом

   • 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.

   Synonymsdig upferret outlocateroot outscourtrack downunearth

Base verbhunt