chase down
verb
chased down; chasing down; chases down
1
: to follow and catch (someone or something)
Police chased down the robber in an alley.
2
: 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
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Officers chased down at least one person who tried to run, while additional units, including the Georgia State Patrol, stopped several vehicles attempting to leave the scene. —
Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 Nick Kurtz blooped a three-run double that Wyatt Langford couldn't chase down in left field to give the Athletics a 6-5 lead with two outs in the eighth. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Sylvester Carver, 27, is charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly chasing down and shooting up a Toyota containing a man named Alli Safi and Safi’s close family friend. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 The play Michkov made on Tyson Foerster’s first goal against the Devils on Tuesday — chasing down a loose puck along the wall, and pushing it ahead to spring Foerster and Owen Tippett on a two-on-one — isn’t a play that Michkov would have been able to make two months ago. —Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chase down
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 Nick Kurtz blooped a three-run double that Wyatt Langford couldn't chase down in left field to give the Athletics a 6-5 lead with two outs in the eighth. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Sylvester Carver, 27, is charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly chasing down and shooting up a Toyota containing a man named Alli Safi and Safi’s close family friend. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 The play Michkov made on Tyson Foerster’s first goal against the Devils on Tuesday — chasing down a loose puck along the wall, and pushing it ahead to spring Foerster and Owen Tippett on a two-on-one — isn’t a play that Michkov would have been able to make two months ago. —Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chase down
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“Chase down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/chase%20down. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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