hunt up
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
Search until you find something or someone — often with some effort involved.
Literal meaning: To hunt (search) and bring something up — retrieve it.
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To find information, a reference, or a specific item through deliberate searching.
"Can you hunt up that statistic we used in last year's report?"
Grammar: separable
2 B2 informal
To find or contact a person who is difficult to locate.
"I managed to hunt up an old colleague who knew the answer to my question."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Slightly old-fashioned but still in use. More common in American English. Similar to 'hunt out' but 'hunt up' often implies the challenge of locating something or someone who isn't immediately accessible. Can be used of people as well as objects.
Commonly used with
information contact reference address example evidence
Forms
Base
hunt up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hunts up
he/she/it
Past simple
hunted up
yesterday
Past participle
hunted up
have + pp
-ing form
hunting up
continuous
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