to find someone or something after a long search
I finally managed to track him down in Manchester.
I'll go and have a quick word, then we'll track down Mr Derringer.
Once Dennison found out that his men had been bushwhacked, he'd send in reinforcements to track down their killers.
The last time I had flown with him into the Sahara to track down hijacked weapons.
There had been some spectacular busts in recent history, but even the FBI could not work fast enough to track down these people.
tracks down
tracking down
tracked down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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