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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

hound down

hound down · hounds down · hounded down · hounding down

To hunt down; to search forTo hunt down; to search for (someone or something).

Meaning

1 senses

To hunt down; to search for (someone or something).

Forms

hounds down, hounding down, hounded down, hounded down

Base form	hound down · to hound down
3rd person singular	hounds down
Present participle	hounding down
Past simple	hounded down
Past participle	hounded down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	hound down
he, she, it	hounds down

Past simpleLesson

all persons

hounded down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have hounded down
he, she, it	has hounded down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will hound down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

hotter hottie hound hourA1 hourglass hourlyB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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