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chasing down

chasing down is the present participle and gerund 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 chasing down

What is chasing down the present participle and gerund of?
Chasing down is the present participle and gerund of chase down.

Words near chasing down in the dictionary

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

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