be hounded (by someone or something)



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be hounded (by someone or something)

To be pursued, chased, badgered, or pestered (by someone or something), especially persistently or relentlessly. The president was hounded by the media about the country's involvement in the foreign war. I'm sick of being hounded by you to finish this assignment. The suspect was hounded by police for days, being pursued as far as the border before he was finally arrested.
See also: hound

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vikentije-Serbian
CĂTĂLina-Romanian
RaRAHEgyptian Mythology
Bityah-Biblical Hebrew
Leach[li:tʃ]
PlÁCidoPLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese