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Definition of Give chase
1. Verb. Go after with the intent to catch. "They give chase 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 Give chase
1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To chase or pursue a person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Chase
Literary usage of Give chase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton (1905)
"We give chase. Wonderful Endurance of the Indian Pony. The Stock Recaptured.
My First Shot at an Indian. Return with Pawnee Scalps. Coup-Sticks. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... or their mooring-anchor weighed ; and in each case the buoy is carried out to
eea, when the buoy-tenders give chase, and, if successful in its capture, ..."
3. The Portola Expedition of 1769-1770, Diary of Miguel Costanso by Miguel Costansó, Frederick John Teggart, Manuel Carpio (1911)
"Horses were immediately saddled, *T1 and some of the soldiers went to give chase.
They succeeded in killing the mother and one little cub, and with this ..."
4. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"But if the admiral bear up and come upon a wind himself, then may all the squadrons
give chase and follow : which if it shall seem inconvenient to either of ..."
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