chase down

phrasal verb

chased down; chasing down; chases down

: to follow and catch (someone or something)

Police chased down the robber in an alley.

: to search for and find (someone or something)

I finally chased down that recipe I promised you.

I chased him down at his old hangout.

Examples of chase down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That was on display again in Boston, charging to make a diving catch, and in Philadelphia, chasing down a deep fly ball and backhanding it with his glove. —

Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024 Researchers have previously proposed what’s known as the endurance pursuit hypothesis—the theory that human bodies evolved to chase down prey on foot until the other animal can’t run anymore. —

Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024 Browne-Marshall said prosecutors in such high-profile cases as Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger who was chased down and killed by three white vigilantes in 2020 near Brunswick, Georgia, initially balked at pursuing charges until widespread protests forced them to take action. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 May 2024 Audemars Piguet issued the Royal Oak in the 1970s, setting off a trend for luxurious steel sports watches that saw traditionalists like IWC and Patek Philippe chasing down this emerging market, with the Ingenieur and the Nautilus, respectively. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 May 2024 Welch spent two years chasing down new leads, but Greer was nowhere to be found. —

Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024 Langeliers opened the inning with a triple that Jazz Chisholm Jr. couldn’t chase down in right-center field. —

Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024 Bowens crashed to the turf awkwardly while chasing down a deep pass, and stayed down while clutching his right knee. —

Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024 Two minutes into the fourth quarter as the Nuggets were trying to conjure more second-unit magic, Doncic clanked a 3-pointer but chased down his own rebound in mid-air behind the baseline, chucking it off an unsuspecting opponent then out of bounds. —

Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2024

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