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

Example Sentences

"Companies need to wake up and realise that their executives could be hunted down anywhere. I would not allow any of my clients to go into New York City right now."

From BBC

“The scale of people being hunted down and beaten individually, so they have to be treated in clinics, has never been seen before here,” says Lasha Dzebisashvili, professor of politics at the University of Georgia.

From BBC

The ex-president went on to say that he would send “elite squads” of federal law enforcement officers to “hunt down, arrest and deport” every migrant gang member.

From Los Angeles Times

Netanyahu is well aware, though, that many Israelis derive a visceral satisfaction from the military hunting down the perpetrators of heinous acts in southern Israel on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

Attackers stormed a ceremonial gathering place on an island on the lake’s north end called Bo-No-Po-Ti, hunting down women, children and elderly people with bayonets as they fled for cover in the marshes.

From Los Angeles Times

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