# track down

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/track-down
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

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

## Examples

- Can you help me track down my missing keys?
- The detective spent weeks trying to track down the only witness to the crime.
- After months of searching, she finally managed to track down the rare first edition in a dusty bookshop in Lisbon.

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