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track down

idiom
Meaning

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


Examples
SIMPLE

Can you help me track down my missing keys?

CONTEXTUAL

The detective spent weeks trying to track down the only witness to the crime.

COMPLEX

After months of searching, she finally managed to track down the rare first edition in a dusty bookshop in Lisbon.

Anchors to
Related idioms2entries
  1. 01

    tick tack

    [Cockney slang]the track

  2. 02

    track record

    The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment.

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