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Definition of Chase after
1. Verb. Pursue someone sexually or romantically. "Sam cannot chase after Sue "
2. Verb. Go after with the intent to catch. "They chase after the car down the avenue"; "The dog chased the rabbit"
Specialized synonyms: Tree, Quest, Hound, Hunt, Trace, Run Down
Generic synonyms: Follow, Pursue
Derivative terms: Chase, Chaser, Chaser, Tag, Tail, Tailing, Track, Tracker, Tracking, Trailing
Also: Chase Away, Tag Along
Definition of Chase after
1. Verb. (&lit chase after) ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chase After
Literary usage of Chase after
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"Such was thend of this Ambitious brere, For scorning Eld— chase after LOVE.
[March.] Tho. It was upon a holiday, When shepheardes groomes han leave to playe ..."
2. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposed Interoceanic by Ephraim George Squier (1852)
"... LIGHTING ON TWO LEGS—A chase after HORSES—SWEET REVENGE—" CAPILLA DE LA
PIEDRA"—PLACE OF THE IDOL—THE ..."
3. Fox Texts by William Jones (1907)
"THEY THAT chase after THE BEAR.1 It is said that once on a time long ago in the
winter, at the beginning of the season of snow after the first fall of snow, ..."
4. The Heart of Africa: Three Years' Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored by Georg August Schweinfurth, Ellen Elizabeth Frewer (1874)
"Desolation of the country. Goat-suckers. Abundance of game. The zebra-ichneumon.
The spectral mantis. Lions. Wonderful chase after ..."
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