hunt out

verb

To track down; to find by searching.

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Meanings

verbhunt out (third-person singular simple present hunts out, present participle hunting out, simple past and past participle hunted out)

present singular third person hunts out · participle present hunting out · participle past hunted out · past hunted out

  1. To track down; to find by searching.

    `Job, time's up, Job; but I never did expect to have to come and hunt you out in this 'ere place, Job'.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

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APA

hunt out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunt%20out

MLA

“hunt out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunt%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hunt out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunt%20out.

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