- track someone or something down
- track someone or something down†to search out where someone or something is. •
I don't know where Anne is. I'll try to track her down.
•I'll track down Anne for you.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
track someone or something down
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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/thing down — find someone or something after a lengthy search. → track … English new terms 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
track — [[t]træ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ tracks, tracking, tracked 1) N COUNT A track is a narrow road or path. We set off once more, over a rough mountain track. Syn: path 2) N COUNT A track is a piece of ground, often oval shaped, that is used for races involving… … English dictionary
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 something — 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
Down the Road (Van Morrison album) — Down the Road Studio album by Van Morrison Released May 14, 2002 Recorded … Wikipedia
track — track1 W2S2 [træk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(path/road)¦ 2¦(marks on ground)¦ 3¦(for racing)¦ 4¦(train)¦ 5 be on the right/wrong track 6 keep/lose track of somebody/something 7¦(music/song)¦ 8 stop/halt (dead) in your tracks 9 cover your tracks … Dictionary of contemporary English
track — track1 [ træk ] noun *** ▸ 1 rough path/road ▸ 2 what train moves along ▸ 3 running/racing course ▸ 4 part on which something moves ▸ 5 direction or way ▸ 6 mark ▸ 7 recorded piece of music ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a path or road with a rough… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
down — I UK [daʊn] / US adjective, adverb, preposition *** Summary: Down can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): She was walking down the street. as an adverb (without a following noun): She lay down and fell asleep.… … English dictionary
