track sth down

track sth down
UK US track sb/sth down
Phrasal Verb with track({{}}/træk/ verb
to find something or someone after looking for them in a lot of different places: »

He finally managed to track down the papers he wanted.

trackable adjective
»

All this electronic data is trackable.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • track somebody down — ˌtrack sb/sthˈdown derived to find sb/sth after searching in several different places Syn: ↑trace • The police have so far failed to track down the attacker. • I finally tracked the reference down in a book of quotations …   Useful english dictionary

  • track something down — ˌtrack sb/sthˈdown derived to find sb/sth after searching in several different places Syn: ↑trace • The police have so far failed to track down the attacker. • I finally tracked the reference down in a book of quotations …   Useful english dictionary

  • track sb down — UK US track sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with track({{}}/træk/ verb ► to find something or someone after looking for them in a lot of different places: »He finally managed to track down the papers he wanted. trackable adjective ► »All this electronic …   Financial and business terms

  • track sb/sth down — UK US track sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with track({{}}/træk/ verb ► to find something or someone after looking for them in a lot of different places: »He finally managed to track down the papers he wanted. trackable adjective ► »All this electronic …   Financial and business terms

  • ˌtrack sb/sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to find someone or something after a long search I finally managed to track him down in Manchester.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • track — 1 noun 1 ROAD (C) a narrow road with a rough uneven surface that cars can travel on: The road leading to the farm was little more than a rough track. | a deeply rutted cart track 2 PATH (C) a narrow path, especially one made by people or animals… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • track*/*/*/ — [træk] noun I 1) [C] British a path or road with a rough surface I walked along a track to the mountain village.[/ex] There s a dirt track leading from the main road.[/ex] 2) [C/U] a railway line a long stretch of track[/ex] Roads and railway… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • track — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 marks left behind by a car/a person/an animal ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ fresh ▪ animal, car, tyre/tire ▪ The beach is criss crossed with animal tracks …   Collocations dictionary

  • track — track1 W2S2 [træk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(path/road)¦ 2¦(marks on ground)¦ 3¦(for racing)¦ 4¦(train)¦ 5 be on the right/wrong track 6 keep/lose track of somebody/something 7¦(music/song)¦ 8 stop/halt (dead) in your tracks 9 cover your tracks …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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