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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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