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Hound
To hound a person is to persecute him, or rather to set on
persons to annoy him, as hounds are let from the slips at a hare or
stag.
“As he who only lets loose a greyhound out of the slip is said to
hound him at the hare.” —Bramhall.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Hound from Infoplease:
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