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hunt down

verb

  1. tr to pursue successfully by diligent searching and chasing

    they finally hunted down the killer in Mexico

  2. intr (of a bell) to be rung progressively later during a set of changes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Oftentimes the Marshals Service will work with state and local law enforcement agencies on particularly difficult cases, such as hunting down a man who escaped a Pennsylvania prison last year.

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She lives with a paralyzing fear of being hunted down and deported without a chance to ensure her affairs are in order.

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As main character Brennan hunts down a man known only as Monroe, viewers become aware of a painful secret he's been hiding and the struggles he is facing to find justice in a hearing-centred world.

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The authorities later claimed to have hunted down and killed the animal, although conservationists said later there was clear evidence they had shot a different bear.

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Later that evening the mother to two sons and one daughter was "hunted down" by Burnett, who was in possession of a kitchen knife and a smaller knife.

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