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 

• CHASE AFTER (verb)

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)