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hound

 
 
/haʊnd/ verb [T]

Definition

to follow someone and annoy them by asking questions or taking photographs: [often passive] She is always being hounded by photographers.
(Definition of hound verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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