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All hunt down synonyms

hunt down
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verb hunt down

  • chase β€” If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
  • unearth β€” to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
  • bring to light β€” something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • ascertain β€” If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
  • uncover β€” to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • get at β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • sniff out β€” detect
  • annoy β€” If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
  • bother β€” If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  • pester β€” to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
  • goad β€” a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
  • hector β€” Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
  • harass β€” to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
  • persecute β€” to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
  • heckle β€” to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
  • go after β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • curdle β€” If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
  • rag β€” a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
  • prod β€” to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
  • bait β€” Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
  • scratch β€” to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • ride β€” to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • drive β€” to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
  • dog β€” a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • impel β€” to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
  • tail β€” the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
  • scout β€” a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
  • hassle β€” a disorderly dispute.
  • harry β€” to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
  • provoke β€” to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • bug β€” A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
  • chivy β€” to harass or nag
  • fish β€” (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
  • haunt β€” to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
  • tag β€” a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
  • hound β€” Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
  • badger β€” A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
  • persist β€” to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
  • persevere β€” to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
  • accompany β€” If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
  • attend β€” If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
  • track β€” a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • plague β€” French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
  • shadow β€” a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • stalk β€” an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
  • oppress β€” to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
  • chase β€” If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
  • determine β€” If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
  • disclose β€” to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • discover β€” to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
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