hunt down

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a ação de procurar e capturar ou encontrar alguém ou algo, frequentemente com determinação ou persistência.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Pursue and captureformal

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

   Perseguir e capturar

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

   Sinônimosapprehendcapturecatchferret outpursuerun downseek outsmoke outtracetrack down

2. Find with difficultyinformal

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

   Encontrar com dificuldade

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdig upferret outlocateroot outscourtrack downunearth

Verbo basehunt