Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

track down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: track- -down
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, down.

Example Sentences

"I need to track down a computer so I can check my e-mails."
"Baby, I know places we won't be found, and They'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down"
"She'll track him down the mountain and catch him before long."
"The hurricane tracked down past the cape before blowing east."
"The cameraman tracked the plane down so we have a recording of the crash."

Inflected Forms

tracks down (present, singular) tracking down (participle, present) tracked down (participle, past) tracked down (past)

Synonyms

hunt run hunt down

Questions

What does track down mean?: To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.

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