hound or an animal down
hound down
To hunt, chase, or pursue someone relentlessly, until they can be captured or apprehended. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hound" and "down." Police were able to hound down the suspect en route to Mexico.
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hound someone or an animal down
to pursue and capture someone or an animal. I will hound the killer down if it takes me the rest of my life. I will hound down that killer if it takes years.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.