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(attività) hunting, shooting; andare a ~ to go hunting, to hunt, to shoot; ~ alla volpe, al cervo fox, stag hunting; ~ al leone lion hunt; ~ alle balene whaling; cane da ~ hound, hunter; riserva di ~ preserve, game reserve
(inseguimento, ricerca) chase, hunt; ~ all’assassino murder hunt; dare la ~ a to be after, to give chase to, to hunt down [criminale]; andare a ~ di fig. to hunt for, to be after, to chase [lavoro, successo]; essere a ~ di to be hunting for [soldi, lavoro];
to look out for [affare, offerta]
mil. aereo da ~ fighter (plane); pilota da ~ fighter pilot
locuzioni sostantivali ~ di frodo poaching; ~ grossa big game hunting; ~ alle streghe witch-hunt (anche fig.); ~ al tesoro treasure hunt; ~ all’uomo manhunt.
(dare la caccia) [animale, persona] to hunt, to chase [preda]
(allontanare) [persona] to chase (away) [visitatori, animale];
to turn away [mendicante]; (espellere) to drive(irregular) out, to expel, to hound out [intruso]; (licenziare) to sack, to give(irregular) [sb.] the sack [lavoratore]; ~ qcn. di casa to turn sb. out (into the street)
(dissipare) to dispel, to remove [dubbio, paure]; ~ un’idea dalla mente to banish a thought from one’s mind
colloq. (mettere) ~ la roba in valigia to stuff the clothes into a suitcase; ~ qcs. in testa a qcn. fig. to din o drill sth. into sb.; ~ il naso in qcs. fig. to poke o stick one’s nose into sth., to pry into sth.
colloq. (coinvolgere) ~ qcn. nei guai to get sb. into trouble o into a scrape
colloq. (emettere) to utter, to let(irregular) out [urlo]
colloq. (tirare fuori) ~ (fuori) to fish out [soldi]
cacciarsi pronom. col loq.
(ficcarsi) -rsi in un angolo to get into a corner; -rsi le mani in tasca to stick o stuff one’s hands in one’s pockets; -rsi in to let oneself in for [problema, guai]; -rsi in testa di to fasten on the idea of
(andare a finire) dove si sono cacciati i miei occhiali? where did my glasses get to?