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Verb: hunt down  húnt dawn
  1. Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
    "Goering often hunted down wild boars in Poland";
    - hunt, run, track down
     
  2. Find or locate someone or something by searching or investigation
    "The detective hunted down the missing witness";
    - track down, chase down

Derived forms: hunted down, hunting down, hunts down

Type of: capture, catch