What does hunt down mean?

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hunt down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hunt, run, hunt down, track downverb

    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

    "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

Wiktionary

  1. hunt downverb

    To hunt something and capture or kill it.

  2. hunt downverb

    To find with difficulty.

  3. Etymology: hunt + down

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  1. hunt down

    Hunt down generally refers to the act of persistently searching for or pursuing someone or something with the intent to apprehend or find. It involves tracking, seeking and finally capturing or discovering the target.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hunt down in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hunt down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hunt down in a Sentence

  1. Constantino Chiwenga:

    The police will hunt down the criminals. They will be hunted down and they will be brought before the law.

  2. Shira Gabriel Klaiman:

    Many people are reporting feeling jealous or even depressed when they see that other people are getting a shot and they don't even know when they will be eligible, this is exacerbated by the inequality in the way that the vaccine has been delivered. People who don't have time to hunt down appointments may be envious when they see that others have them.

  3. Brandon Scott:

    What we're going to continue to do is hunt down these people and hold them accountable, as I told you yesterday, work to make sure as we go through the rest of the justice system, working with our partners to make sure they don't end up back on the street.

  4. Kale Kayihura:

    The murder of Joan Kagezi should only serve to increase our resolve to hunt down and bring to justice all those elements bent on disturbing the security and development of our country.

  5. President Biden:

    I said we would go after the group responsible for the attack on our troops and innocent civilians in Kabul, and we have, this strike was not the last. We will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay.

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