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Значение идиомы hunt down
[hunt down] {v.} 1. To pursue and capture; look hard for an animalor person until found and caught.
The police hunted down theescaped prisoner.
Compare: TRACK DOWN. 2. To search for until one finds it.
Professor Jones hunted down the writtenmanuscript in the Library of Congress.
Syn.: TRACK DOWN.
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