hunt down
phrasal verb
hunted down; hunting down; hunts down
1
: to succeed in finding (something)
It may take me a while to hunt down the phone number.
2
: to find and capture (someone)
The killer was hunted down with help from his relatives.
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The brutal home invasion left detectives hunting down leads for more than 60 years.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
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On Tracker, Colter (Justin Hartley) hunts down missing people, but the series itself is about to vanish for a while.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Hunt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20down. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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