hound or an animal down



hound someone or an animal down

to pursue and capture someone or an animal. I will hound the killer down if it takes me the rest of my life. I will hound down that killer if it takes years.
See also: animal, down, hound

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Katarinakah-tah-REE-nah (German, Swedish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Ghislainezheez-LEN, gee-LENFrench
Iustina-Late Roman
Alfreds
Hogan['həugən]
ShayneSHAYNEnglish