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1 hunt out
(to search for (something that has been put away) until it is found: I'll hunt out that old photograph for you.) vyštrachat, objevit* * *• vypátrat -
2 hunt down
(to search for (someone or something) until found: The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.) uštvat; dopadnout* * *• uštvat• ulovit• chytit• dostihnout
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