🦌 To chase animals 🦌 Animal pursuit 🏃 To chase someone 🔍 A careful search 🔍 To search 🤠 Hunting club 🚫 To drive out ↔️ To move unsteadily

to hunt

4 4.5

To force someone or something out of a place by chasing them

verb
/hʌnt/

: expulsar

If you use my stuff and don't give me credit, I will hunt you down like the dog you are.

Examples

Rabbits, pheasants, and quail may be hunted from sunrise to sunset.

Blog text (26)
We've got to discourage this bounty hunting for the Barrow Gang.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Go away and do not hunt here anymore.

Fiction book (1994)
That troops come to hunt us out, as usual!

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
- You don't know what it's like, they treat us and hunt us like animals.

Lycan Colony (2006)
But she hunted me out.

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Come hunt me.

Blog text (26)
At one point, porters claimed that if a member of their kambi were to "get sick and be unable to go for food, the others unanimously will hunt him out," leaving the expelled porter to "die by himself."

Academic text (2006)
If you betray us, I will hunt you down until you can no longer run.
After stealing the car, he knew the police would hunt him down quickly.

Synonyms

to pursue

vsto hunt

∞ 3.5

To try to get something you want, like a job or a goal

is specifically about forcing out of a place, often by pursuing them physically

to hound

vsto hunt

58 6.1

To follow and bother someone without stopping

is about making someone leave a place rather than continuous harassment alone

to trail

vsto hunt

50 2.5

Follow someone closely to try to catch them

is about forcing out of a place, often achieved by this kind of following

to drive

vsto hunt

31 8.1

To force animals out of cover for hunters to catch them

is broader and applies to forcing any person or thing out of a place

to chase away

vsto hunt

26 2.6

To make people or things leave by scaring them

is about forcing out generally, often involving a pursuit to remove them

to run off

vsto hunt

25 4.7

Make someone or something go away

is about forcing out often by pursuing rather than only scaring away

to drive back

vsto hunt

19 4.1

Force someone or something to move away from danger

emphasizes forcing out of a place often by following or chasing them

to give chase

vsto hunt

11 4.1

Start running after someone or something to catch them

involves forcing out by following and pressuring rather than only starting a chase

to track down

vsto hunt

9 4.6

To follow wild animals until you catch or kill them

focuses on forcing out of a place, not only on capturing or killing

to chase off

vsto hunt

6 3.3

Make someone or something leave a place by running after and frightening them

focuses on forcing out often through pursuit rather than just scaring

to hunt down

vsto hunt

6 4.0

Chase and take wild animals for food or sport

is about forcing out of a place, often by pursuit rather than capturing them

to chase after

vsto hunt

4 1.9

To run after someone or something to catch them

focuses on removing from a place, often by pursuing then making them leave

to rout out

vsto hunt

1 7.1

To force someone or something out of a place by searching

is similar but often uses pursuit to remove rather than search or authority

Antonyms

to welcome

583 1.0

Greet someone in a friendly way when they arrive

to shelter

76 2.5

To give someone a safe place to stay from danger or bad weather

Idioms

dog in the hunt

Informal

8.2

A person who cares about the result and is actively involved

like a dog in the hunt

Informal

9.6

Very eager and determined to get something

to hunt a white whale

Informal

9.3

To try to reach a very difficult or impossible goal for a long time

to hunt where the ducks are

Informal

6.8

To look for chances where you are most likely to succeed

to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

Archaic

9.9

To support two opposite sides at the same time

Phrasal Verbs

to hunt down

148 3.9

Search for and find someone or something after a lot of effort

to hunt down

6 4.0

Chase and take wild animals for food or sport

to still-hunt

Jargon

1 9.8

To move quietly and try to catch an animal by surprise

Compounds

witch-hunt

Literature

85 7.7

A campaign to unfairly find and punish people for their beliefs or actions

treasure hunt

16 2.8

A game in which people follow clues to find hidden objects or prizes

thrill of the hunt

3 6.8

A strong feeling of excitement when you search for something or try to get it

deer hunt

1 3.1

An occasion when people chase and kill deer for sport or food

hunt club

1 5.0

A group of people who meet to hunt for sport

canned hunt

1 9.8

A hunt where animals kept in a fenced area are chased and killed for trophies

snipe hunt

Informal

1 9.9

A prank that sends someone to look for something that does not exist

still hunt

Jargon

1 8.1

A way of hunting where the hunter moves very quietly or waits in one spot to surprise animals

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Specialized

9.1

A rare illness from a virus that causes facial paralysis, ear pain, dizziness and sometimes hearing loss

How Forceful

to expel

194 5.0

to oust

80 6.2

to hunt

4 4.5

to drive out

70 3.8

to shoo

Informal

35 7.0

Surface Forms

hunt infinitive

hunted past

hunted past participle

hunting present participle

hunts third person singular

Etymology

To hunt someone or animals out of a place comes from the sense 'to chase', so hunt can mean to force people or animals away by chasing them.