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hound down

hound down verb: to hunt down; to search for (someone or something).

Verb

hound down (third-person singular simple present hounds down, present participle hounding down, simple past and past participle hounded down)

  1. (transitive) To hunt down; to search for (someone or something).

Forms of hound down

third-person singular presenthounds down
present participlehounding down
past participlehounded down
pasthounded down

Questions about hound down

What does hound down mean?
Hound down means to hunt down; to search for (someone or something).
What part of speech is hound down?
Hound down is a verb.
What is the past tense of hound down?
The past tense of hound down is hounded down.

Words near hound down in the dictionary

  1. houn'
  2. houn's
  3. hound
  4. hound dog
  5. hound dogs
  6. hound down
  7. hound of hell
  8. Hound of the Baskervilles effect
  9. hound shark
  10. hound sharks
  11. hound's tongue

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