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track down
verb
- tr, adverb to find by tracking or pursuing
Idioms and Phrases
Follow successfully, locate, as in I've been trying to track down that book but haven't had any luck . This term alludes to the literal use of track , 鈥渇ollow the footsteps of.鈥 [Second half of 1800s]Example Sentences
Most of those who escaped since January have been tracked down.
He used the money to pay for a holiday to Blackpool before being tracked down by police.
We joined one of the teams responsible for tracking down the illicit goods as they prepare for a ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes.
There鈥檚 a total lack of suspense as he tracks down the mercenaries responsible for Sarah鈥檚 death and takes them out using his own creative means.
Tuesday, when the California Highway Patrol requested the LAPD鈥檚 assistance in tracking down three suspects who fled the scene of a hit and run on the 134 Freeway.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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