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chased down

chased down is the simple past and past participle of chase down.

Meaning of chase down

Verb

chase down (third-person singular simple present chases down, present participle chasing down, simple past and past participle chased down)

  1. to pursue and apprehend someone or something.
    • With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC
  2. (broadly) to investigate the cause of something

Questions about chased down

What is chased down the simple past and past participle of?
Chased down is the simple past and past participle of chase down.

Words near chased down in the dictionary

  1. chaseable
  2. chased
  3. chased a rainbow
  4. chased after
  5. chased away
  6. chased down
  7. chased moonbeams
  8. chased off
  9. chased one's tail
  10. chased pennies with dollars
  11. chased rainbows

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