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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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. 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.

  2. President Barack Obama:

    Our airstrikes are hitting ISIL harder than ever, in Iraq and Syria, we're taking out more of their fighters and leaders, their weapons, their oil tankers. Our special operations forces are on the ground -- because we're going to hunt down these terrorists wherever they try to hide.

  3. Matteo Salvini:

    We will continue to hunt down Morabito, wherever he is, to throw him in jail as he deserves.

  4. Constantino Chiwenga:

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

  5. Andrew Croft:

    It moved more quickly than at least I had anticipated, we and Iraqi Security Forces were able to hunt down and target ISIS leadership, target their command and control.

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