to pursue and apprehend someone or something. / (by extension) to investigate the cause of something

present participle of tip it down

(idiomatic) Fundamentally; in essence; in reality

(transitive) To cause something or someone to pass from a higher to a lower place. / (cricket) To bowl. / (transitive, slang) To commit (someone) to a prison term.

(US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret. / (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.

A state of secrecy. / (sexuality) The state of being a man who secretly sleeps with people other than his partner.

(of a person) Undercover or lying about one's identity. / (African-American Vernacular, of a man) Purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.

To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. / (law) To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.)

(nautical) To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.

An invitation to someone in the upper part of a building to come downstairs. / An invitation to someone living to the north to come for a visit.