hunt out

hunt out (third-person singular simple present hunts out, present participle hunting out, simple past and past participle hunted out)

1. To track down; to find by searching.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     `Job, time's up, Job; but I never did expect to have to come and hunt you out in this 'ere place, Job'.

• outhunt