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CHASE AFTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chase after mean?
• CHASE AFTER (verb)
The verb CHASE AFTER has 2 senses:
1. pursue someone sexually or romantically
2. go after with the intent to catch
Familiarity information: CHASE AFTER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pursue someone sexually or romantically
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
chase; chase after
Hypernyms (to "chase after" is one way to...):
court; romance; solicit; woo (make amorous advances towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot chase after Sue
Sense 2
Meaning:
Go after with the intent to catch
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
chase; chase after; dog; give chase; go after; tag; tail; track; trail
Context example:
the dog chased the rabbit
Hypernyms (to "chase after" is one way to...):
follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chase after"):
tree (chase an animal up a tree)
quest (search the trail of (game))
hound; hunt; trace (pursue or chase relentlessly)
run down (pursue until captured)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They chase after the car down the avenue
Context examples
There can be no question that it was your oil-lamp which, when it was crushed in the press, set fire to the wooden walls, though no doubt they were too excited in the chase after you to observe it at the time.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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