hunt somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also hunt)

1. to search for someone or something in order to catch, kill, or destroy them:
The plane was on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.

2. to search for and find something that you need or want, but that is difficult to find:
In the school library he hunted out books on politics.

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