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hunt down
verb
(tr) to pursue successfully by diligent searching and chasing
they finally hunted down the killer in Mexico
(intr) (of a bell) to be rung progressively later during a set of changes
Example Sentences
The researchers say the key to their results was giving patients the drug before surgery, which trains the body to hunt down and kill the cancer if it ever comes back.
“Hispandering” is a category of corny behavior exhibited by politicians in a desperate bid to hunt down that elusive cryptid known as “the Latino vote.”
For its part, the PKK has been hit hard by the Turkish military in recent years with leaders and fighters hunted down in drone warfare.
Government forces and thousands of fighters — including from Sunni jihadist factions — beat back the loyalists but also hunted down Alawites, who share Assad’s religion and were seen by many Syrians as complicit in his policies.
He began hunting down old recipes, stripping out the synthetic flavors and, like Yeh, reimagining them with herbs, citrus and whole fruit.
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