Phrasal Verbs

hunt down

This page is about the phrasal verb hunt down

Meaning

If you hunt down someone, you try to find them and capture or kill them.

For example

  • hunt sb/sth down The police are hunting the killer down, and they say they're close to catching him.

  • hunt down sb/sth The leader of a drug gang has ordered his men to hunt down police informers and kill them.

Quick Quiz

The government has spent a lot of time and money hunting down dangerous

a. technocrats

b. terriers

c. terrorists
a) technocrats b) terriers c) terrorists

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Contributor: Matt Errey