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hunting down

hunting down is the present participle and gerund of hunt down.

Meaning of hunt down

Verb

hunt down (third-person singular simple present hunts down, present participle hunting down, simple past and past participle hunted down)

  1. (transitive) To hunt something and capture or kill it.
  2. (transitive) To destroy by persecution or violence.
  3. (colloquial, transitive) To find with difficulty.
    • I managed to hunt down a surviving copy of the magazine.

Questions about hunting down

What is hunting down the present participle and gerund of?
Hunting down is the present participle and gerund of hunt down.

Words near hunting down in the dictionary

  1. hunting cogs
  2. hunting crop
  3. hunting crops
  4. hunting dog
  5. hunting dogs
  6. hunting down
  7. hunting ground
  8. hunting grounds
  9. hunting horn
  10. hunting horns
  11. hunting jacket

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