hunted/hunted down

The second one implies that you caught him.

Feebs11The second one implies that you caught him.

Thank you Feebs11.

Does the first one imply I chased him with the intention of killing?

Are you trying to make a joke? You have had this question answered on several occasions. Next time I shall hunt you down with termination in mind..

Thank you Feebs11.

I don't think it has been answered. If you think so, could you give me that links?

I searched for it to confirm, but there is no single thread in the list. But, I remember, I asked similar question twice, but that was different context.

Once again - to hunt does not necessarily mean to kill.

A lion hunts a zebra. It may catch and kill it. It may try to catch it and miss. The hunt and the kill are not synonymous.

You can hunt for a person or a thing.

The first use of hunt [with the lion] means that the hunter is stalking or tracking its prey. It may well want to kill it, but the hunting

Feebs11

Thank you Feebs11. You have given correct link. But my intention for asking the same again here is that I wanted to know whether the "a human being can hunt a human being" in the same manner as "A lion hunts a man"; "A man hunts a lion".

Before your's last reply, actually, if you say "I hunted him", I would undertand it as "I looked