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   chase

   /CHās/

   verb

   • 1. pursue in order to catch or catch up with: "police chased the stolen car through the city" Similar pursuerun afterfollowhunttracktrailgive chase tobe hot on someone's heelsinformal:tailOpposite run away from
   • ▪ seek to attain: "seventy candidates chasing a single job"
   • ▪ seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way: "playing football by day and chasing women by night" Similar courtwoopursuerun afterseek the company ofmake advances tomake up toflirt withromanceinformal:chat upmake (sheep's) eyes atgive the come-on tocome on tobe all overtrack withtrack square withdated:set one's cap atpay addresses topay suit topay court toseek the hand ofmake love toarchaic:spark
   • 2. drive or cause to go in a specified direction: "she chased him out of the house" Similar drive awaydrive offdrive output to flightsend awayscare offscatterinformal:send packing
   • ▪ try to make contact with (someone) in order to get something owed or required: "chasing customers who had not paid their bills"
   • ▪ make further investigation of an unresolved matter: "investigators got a warrant, but they didn't have time to chase down the case"

   noun

   • 1. an act of pursuing someone or something: "they captured the youths after a brief chase"
   • ▪ short for steeplechase
   • ▪ hunting as a sport: "she was an ardent follower of the chase"
   • ▪ an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting: "Cannock Chase"
   • ▪ a hunted animal.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French chacier (verb), chace (noun), based on Latin captare ‘continue to take’, from capere ‘take’.

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   Synonyms for CHASE: out, dismiss, eject, banish, expel, cast out, kick out, sack; Antonyms of CHASE: take, receive, accept, admit, take in, welcome, entertain, shelter.

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   Synonyms and examples. give chase. He saw two men breaking into a car and gave chase on foot when they fled. pursue. He was pursued down the hallway by a camera crew. run after. Leaping to his feet, he ran after the bus. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms of chase. Learn more.

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   chase. 1 (verb) in the sense of pursue. Definition. to pursue (a person or animal) persistently or quickly. She chased the thief for 100 yards. Synonyms. pursue. follow. track. hunt. run after. course. See examples for synonyms. 2 (verb) in the sense of woo. Definition. to court (someone) in an unsubtle manner.

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