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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Verb with down

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?

  

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anonymous I took him down. He is on the ground. anonymous I hunted him down.

  • anonymous I took him down.
  • He is on the ground.
  • anonymous I hunted him down.
  • You made a long search and located him.
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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.

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anonymous

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?

Often, but not always. There is nothing literally on the ground in the following:

to slow down / to write down / to

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