Antonyms for hunt down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : huhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : hÊŒnt |
Definition of hunt down
Origin :- Old English huntian "chase game," related to hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *huntojan (cf. Gothic hinþan "to seize, capture," Old High German hunda "booty"), from PIE *kend-.
- General sense of "search diligently" (for anything) is first recorded c.1200. Related: Hunted; hunting. Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826).
- As in pursue : verb chase, follow
- As in ferret out : verb search out
- As in hound : verb chase, badger
- What right had I to hunt down the Herr Director, and disturb him in his lair.
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
- My first attempt to hunt down criminals had come off satisfactorily.
- Extract from : « The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon » by Jos Maria Gordon
- Hoche has not had to hunt down the brigands these last two years.
- Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle
- Hunt down those who do wrong, but not masses who are innocent.
- Extract from : « The Empress Josephine » by Louise Muhlbach
- But we refuse to hunt down some obscure heresy in every sentence.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John » by William Alexander
- All that the ermine can do to hunt down a victim, it can do to hide from an enemy.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut
- They would first hunt down the others, providing they were not already slain.
- Extract from : « Boys of The Fort » by Ralph Bonehill
- Why don't you hunt down the guerrillas and kill 'em off and be done with 'em?
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- Then we will send snapper-boats with rockets to hunt down any who remain.
- Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- "One would think he was a police dog and had been trained to hunt down thieves," said the constable.
- Extract from : « Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier » by Frances Trego Montgomery
Synonyms for hunt down
- accompany
- annoy
- ascertain
- attend
- badger
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- be on to
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bother
- bring to light
- bug
- camp on the doorstep of
- chase
- chase down
- chivy
- curdle
- determine
- dig out
- dig up
- disclose
- discover
- dog
- drive
- drive out
- elicit
- extract
- fish
- follow
- get at
- give chase
- go after
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- haunt
- heckle
- hector
- hound
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- learn
- leave no stone unturned
- move behind
- nose around
- nose out
- oppress
- penetrate
- persecute
- persevere
- persist
- pester
- pick up on
- pierce
- plague
- play catch up
- poke around
- probe
- prod
- provoke
- prowl after
- pry
- pursue
- quest
- rag
- rag on
- ride
- root out
- run after
- run down
- scout
- scout out
- scratch
- scratch around
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shadow
- smell out
- smoke out
- sniff out
- stalk
- tag
- tail
- take out after
- trace
- track
- track down
- trail
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- uncover
- unearth
- worm out
- yap at
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