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Grammar : Verb
Spell : trak
Phonetic Transcription : træk



Definition of track down

Origin :
  • late 15c., "footprint, mark left by anything," from Old French trac "track of horses, trace" (mid-15c.), possibly from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Low German treck, Dutch trek "drawing, pulling;" see trek). Meaning "lines of rails for drawing trains" is from 1805. Meaning "branch of athletics involving a running track" is recorded from 1905. Meaning "single recorded item" is from 1904, originally in reference to phonograph records. Meaning "mark on skin from repeated drug injection" is first attested 1964.
  • Track record (1955) is a figurative use from racing, "performance history" of an individual car, runner, horse, etc.(1907, but the phrase was more common in sense "fastest speed recorded at a particular track"). To make tracks "move quickly" is American English colloquial first recorded 1835; to cover (one's) tracks in the figurative sense first attested 1898; to keep track of something is attested from 1883. American English wrong side of the tracks "bad part of town" is by 1901. Track lighting attested from 1970.
  • As in locate : verb find
  • As in look up : verb research
  • As in pursue : verb chase, follow
  • As in scour : verb search thoroughly
  • As in scout : verb investigate, check out
  • As in search : verb seek to find something
  • As in seek : verb look for
  • As in tag : verb follow
  • As in beep : verb call for electronically
  • As in track/track down : verb follow, pursue
  • As in turn up : verb discover or be discovered
  • As in chase : verb run after, pursue
  • As in detect : verb discover
  • As in ferret out : verb search out
  • As in find : verb catch sight of, lay hands on
  • As in hound : verb chase, badger
Example sentences :
  • What I must do now is track down the source of the orders that keep this war going.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • We may be able to render a great service to our country if we can track down a spy.
  • Extract from : « A Patriotic Schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
  • Crazy Hoss, you put on them dawgs to the scent, track down this Ryan, and kill him.
  • Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock
  • And so we parted, with no shadow on our friendship, on the track down to the punt.
  • Extract from : « The Record of Nicholas Freydon » by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
  • The three followed the track down to where it passed the top of the fern bed.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure of the Isle of Mist » by W. W. Tarn
  • Deirdre's eyes were still on the track down which McNab had gone to the Wirree.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by Katharine Susannah Prichard
  • Why should a boy of his age hope to track down a thief when agencies such as these had failed?
  • Extract from : « Christopher and the Clockmakers » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • Any signal strong enough to keep this centuries-old battle going should be strong enough to track down.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • I am especially grateful to my wife, Ann, who for six months helped me track down elusive species and explore new areas.
  • Extract from : « The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico » by William E. Duellman
  • The titles in this list are interesting because some are rarely mentioned and others are difficult to track down.
  • Extract from : « A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies » by Archer Taylor

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