hound (someone) out (of some place)

hound (someone) out (of some place)

To hunt, chase, or pursue someone relentlessly, until they leave a particular place. Police hounded the suspect out of his hideout and were able to arrest him en route to Mexico. The tenant is way behind on his rent, and I don't know how I'm gonna hound him out of this place! Would you stop trying to hound my sister out of our house? She has nowhere else to go.

See also: hound, out

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hound someone out

(of something or some place) Go to hound someone from some place.

See also: hound, out

hound something out of someone

Fig. to force someone to give information. We are going to have to hound the information out of her. We hounded the combination to the safe out of them.

See also: hound, of, out

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