GO AFTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go after mean? 

• GO AFTER (verb)
  The verb GO AFTER has 2 senses:

1. go after with the intent to catch

2. go in search of or hunt for

  Familiarity information: GO AFTER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO AFTER (verb)

Sense 1

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 "go after" is one way to...):

follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go 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:

Sam cannot go after Sue

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go in search of or hunt for

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

go after; pursue; quest after; quest for

Context example:

pursue a hobby

Hypernyms (to "go after" is one way to...):

look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Overall, March is a positive month, and after March 9 (plus a few days), plan to go after your dreams.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"If he is not here by the end of the week, I shall go after him."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Thorpe told her it would be in vain to go after the Tilneys; they were turning the corner into Brock Street, when he had overtaken them, and were at home by this time.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I'm a reg'lar Dodman, I am, said Mr. Peggotty, by which he meant snail, and this was in allusion to his being slow to go, for he had attempted to go after every sentence, and had somehow or other come back again; but I wish you both well, and I wish you happy!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Go after them.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Good God! what is the matter? cried he, with more feeling than politeness; then recollecting himself, I will not detain you a minute; but let me, or let the servant go after Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We shall not go so early that the policemen who have then little to think of, shall deem it strange; but we shall go after ten o'clock, when there are many about, and such things would be done were we indeed owners of the house.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

While you have the high-octane planet Mars behind you in January, make your list, check it twice, and go after what you want with great enthusiasm.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Then I will go after them, said Catherine; wherever they are I will go after them.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)