Antonyms for track down

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

Synonyms for track down

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