I hunted him down.
I took him down.
The concept for these verbs with down means to have somebody/something on the ground, right? Like, I hunted him down mean I he is down because I hunted him. Am I right?
anonymous I took him down. He is on the ground. anonymous I hunted him down.
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anonymousI took him down.
He is on the ground.
anonymousI hunted him down.
You made a long search and located him.
anonymousI hunted him down.
I took him down.
The concept for these verbs with down means to have somebody/something on the ground, right? Like, I hunted him down mean I he is down because I hunted him. Am I right?
Often, but not always. There is nothing literally on the ground in the following:
to slow down / to write down / to