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track down

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track down someone/something
to find someone or something after searching for them. I'm trying to track down one of my old classmates from college. My library assistant tracked down several references for me My mother wanted to find the family who had taken care of my father during the war, and somehow she was able to track them down.
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Now would he track down the crafty Sabor and slay her likewise.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
To escape, to track down Sholto, to have my hand upon his throat,--that was my one thought.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Appreciation of Nature found no place among his many gifts, and his only change was when he turned his mind from the evil-doer of the town to track down his brother of the country.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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