hunt down

• Verbe à particule désignant l'action de rechercher activement quelqu'un ou quelque chose afin de le capturer ou de le trouver, souvent avec détermination ou persistance.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Pursue and captureformal

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

   traquer et capturer

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

   Synonymesapprehendcapturecatchferret outpursuerun downseek outsmoke outtracetrack down

2. Find with difficultyinformal

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

   dénicher

   • 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.

   Synonymesdig upferret outlocateroot outscourtrack downunearth

Verbe de basehunt