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.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
track down someone — 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… … New idioms dictionary
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… … New idioms dictionary
track down — track [n1] mark, print made by something clue, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, imprint, indication, memorial, monument, path, print, record, remains, remnant, rut, scent, sign, slot, spoor, step, symbol, token, trace,… … New thesaurus
track down — verb pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (Freq. 3) Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland The dogs are running deer The Duke hunted in these woods • Syn: ↑hunt, ↑run, ↑hunt down … Useful english dictionary
track down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms track down : present tense I/you/we/they track down he/she/it tracks down present participle tracking down past tense tracked down past participle tracked down to find someone or something after a long search… … English dictionary
track down — PHRASAL VERB If you track down someone or something, you find them, or find information about them, after a difficult or long search. [V P n (not pron)] She had spent years trying to track down her parents... [V n P] I don t know where that old… … English dictionary
track someone/something down — DISCOVER, find, detect, hunt down/out, unearth, uncover, turn up, dig up, ferret out, bring to light, run to earth, run to ground. → track * * * find someone or something after a thorough or difficult search … Useful english dictionary
track someone/something down — Syn: discover, find, detect, hunt down, unearth, uncover, turn up, dig up, ferret out, run to ground … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
Something Is Out There — is the title of a 1988 American science fiction television miniseries that aired on NBC, and a short lived weekly series that followed in the fall of 1988.The miniseries starred Joe Cortese as Jack Breslin, a police officer investigating brutal… … Wikipedia
track something down — ˌtrack sb/sthˈdown derived to find sb/sth after searching in several different places Syn: ↑trace • The police have so far failed to track down the attacker. • I finally tracked the reference down in a book of quotations … Useful english dictionary
