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go after with the intent to catch
the dog chased the rabbit
The policeman chased the mugger down the alley - pursue someone sexually or romantically
How To Use chase after In A Sentence
- But this is an idle boast if police are forced to abandon one set of law breakers to chase after another.
- You see him doing his best to chase after the ball.
- This has proved to be over optimistic as Haymarket was forced to withdraw from the purchase after a key investor pulled out.
- Supermarket manager Chris Baker gave chase after a thief snatched a bundle of notes from one of his tills on Tuesday afternoon.
- The photographs might represent a wild goose chase after the random neuroses of an insecure young woman.
- NIV Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
- It was plucky of you to chase after the burglar.
- Chase after Anne and ask her to get some eggs while she's at the shop.
- Bertha likes to chase after butterflies in the flowers.
- He would chase after them with me in hot pursuit, so he had to go back.
