hunt out

phrasal verb

hunted out; hunting out; hunts out
: to find (something) after searching for it
It took a while to hunt out the papers, but we finally found everything we needed.

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The Celtics offer a stylistic blend of drive-and-kick offense, off-ball screening, and mismatch hunting out of ball-screens that every successful offense has featured in the modern era. — Shane Young, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025 Modern domestic cats do not hunt out of hunger but to satisfy their natural instincts. — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Hunt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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