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hounded down

hounded down is the simple past and past participle of hound down.

Meaning of hound down

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).

Questions about hounded down

What is hounded down the simple past and past participle of?
Hounded down is the simple past and past participle of hound down.

Words near hounded down in the dictionary

  1. hounddogged
  2. hounddogging
  3. hounddogs
  4. hounde
  5. hounded
  6. hounded down
  7. hounder
  8. hounders
  9. houndes
  10. houndest
  11. houndeth

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