(~s, chasing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone, or ~ after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
She ~d the thief for 100 yards...
He said nothing to waiting journalists, who ~d after him as he left.
= pursue
VERB: V n, V after n
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Chase is also a noun.
He was reluctant to give up the ~...
Police said he was arrested without a struggle after a car ~ through the streets of Biarritz.
= pursuit
N-COUNT
2.
If you are chasing something you want, such as work or money, you are trying hard to get it.
In Wales, 14 people are chasing every job...
...publishers and booksellers chasing after profits from high-volume sales.
VERB: V n, V after n
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Chase is also a noun.
They took an invincible lead in the ~ for the championship.
N-SING: N for n
3.
If someone ~s someone that they are attracted to, or ~s after them, they try hard to persuade them to have a sexual relationship with them.
I’m not very good at flirting or chasing women...
‘I was always chasing after unsuitable men,’ she says.
VERB: V n, V after n
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Chase is also a noun.
The ~ is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway.
N-SING: the N
4.
If someone ~s you from a place, they force you to leave by using threats or violence.
Many farmers will then ~ you off their land quite aggressively...
Angry demonstrators ~d him away.
VERB: V n from/out of/off n, V n away/off/out
5.
If someone cuts to the ~, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things.
Hi everyone, we all know why we are here today, so let’s cut to the ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
To ~ someone from a job or a position or from power means to force them to leave it.
His single-minded pursuit of European union helped ~ Mrs Thatcher from power.
VERB: V n from/out of n
7.
If you ~ somewhere, you run or rush there.
They ~d down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street.
= race, dash
VERB: V prep/adv
8.
see also wild goose ~
9.
If you give ~, you run after someone or follow them quickly in order to catch them.
Other officers gave ~ but the killers escaped.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If you talk about the thrill of the ~, you are referring to the excitement that people feel when they are trying hard to get something.
People who adore the thrill of the ~ know that prizes, like diamonds, are worth striving for.
PHRASE