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tracked down

VERB

follow, pursue

Synonyms

WEAK

apprehend be hot on the trail beat the bushes bird-dog bring to light capture catch chase cover dig up discover do dog dog footsteps of draw an inference expose ferret out find go after hunt piece together put together run down scout shadow smell out sniff out stalk stick to tail trace trail travel traverse unearth

Antonyms

WEAK

run away

Example Sentences

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tracked down

I tracked down two New Jersey record stores whose sites said they’d purchase all types of albums, so we carted ours to them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Not long after Oxford’s confession, authorities tracked down Travis, who was in jail for an unrelated warrant in Boulder, Colorado, and had him extradited to Oklahoma.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Potier and Loveridge were later tracked down thanks to the business card she had given out to O'Donnell, and he was arrested in November 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

An assistant to the author tracked down Elaine Tarr, a retired high-school English teacher, who shared her thoughts on the student she taught some 60 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Eventually I went and tracked down Johanna on the quad.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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