(CHASE) [verb] [T] - to chase (someone) or refuse to leave them alone, esp. because you want to get something from them; harassThe reporters/press wouldn't stop hounding me.If someone hounds you out (of a place or position), they force you to leave.He was hounded out of office/his job by the constant attacks by the newspapers.
HOUND
Meaning of HOUND in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012