RUN AFTER

Meaning of RUN AFTER in English

If you are running after someone, you are trying to start a relationship with them, usually a sexual relationship.

By the time she was fifteen Maria was already running after men twice her age.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n disapproval

Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012

RUN AFTER — phrasal pursue , chase , to take up with ; follow
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUN AFTER — phrasal 1. : pursue , chase running after a pickpocket especially : to seek the company of old enough now …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUN AFTER — chase after, go in the tracks of; search for a person's friend
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RUN AFTER — 1. : pursue , chase ; especially : to seek the company of 2. : to take up with : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUN AFTER — 1 : PURSUE , CHASE especially : to seek the company of 2 : to take up with : FOLLOW …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RUN AFTER — informal pursue persistently. → run
Concise Oxford English vocab
RUN AFTER — If you are running after someone, you are trying to start a relationship with them, usually a sexual relationship. By …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUN AFTER — Synonyms and related words : act up to, agree to anything, approach, break the ice, bring, bring back, brown-nose, call …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUN AFTER — = chase after
Slang English vocab
RUN AFTER — 1. Follow, pursue, chase, course. 2. Search for, try to find, hunt.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
RUN AFTER — See ↑ FOLLOW 3
Longman Activator English vocab
RUN AFTER — (informal) PURSUE, chase; make advances to, flirt with; informal make up to, come on to, be all over, vamp; dated …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUN AFTER — v. 1. To try to find; look for; hunt. The Dramatic Club has to run all over town after things …
American Idioms English vocabulary
RUN AFTER — 1) преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. ≈ Беги догони отца, он забыл …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUN AFTER — а> преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. б> бегать, ухаживать за кем-л. All …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RUN AFTER — 1) преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. — Беги догони отца, он забыл …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RUN AFTER — бегать за, преследовать, ухаживать за
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RUN AFTER — бегать за, преследовать, ухаживать за
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RUN AFTER — 1) преследовать, бежать за ( кем-л., чем-л. ) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. — Беги догони отца, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RUN AFTER — 1) преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. — Беги догони отца, он забыл свою …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RUN AFTER — а> преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. б> бегать, ухаживать за кем-л. All …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
RUN AFTER — а. преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. б. бегать, ухаживать за кем-л. All …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
RUN AFTER — преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) бегать, ухаживать за кем-л.
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
RUN AFTER — phrvi infml 1) She runs after every good-looking man in the village — Она бегает за каждым симпатичным мужчиной в этом поселке Beautiful …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
RUN AFTER — phrvi infml 1) She runs after every good-looking man in the village — Она бегает за каждым симпатичным мужчиной в …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
RUN AFTER — run after phrvi infml 1. She runs after every good-looking man in the village Она бегает за каждым симпатичным мужчиной …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
RUN AFTER — 1) She runs after every good-looking man in the village — Она бегает за каждым симпатичным мужчиной в этом поселке …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
RUN AFTER — 1) преследовать, бежать за (кем-л., чем-л.) Run after your father, he's forgotten his hat. ≈ Беги догони отца, он забыл …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUN — I. ˈrən verb ( ran ˈran, ˈraa(ə)n ; or nonstandard run ; run ; running ; runs ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AFTER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AFTER — ( prep. ) In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AFTER — ( prep. ) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RUN — — runnable , adj. — runnability , n. /run/ , v. , ran, run, running , n. , adj. v.i. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AFTER — /af"teuhr, ahf"-/ , prep. 1. behind in place or position; following behind: men lining up one after the other. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUN — I. ˈrən verb ( ran ˈran ; also chiefly dialect run ; run ; run·ning ) Etymology: Middle English ronnen, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AFTER — I. ˈaf-tər adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æfter; akin to Old High German aftar after, and probably to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
AFTER — adj hinder; nearer the rear. 2. after ·prep below in rank; next to in order. 3. after ·prep behind in …
Webster English vocab
AFTER — [af.ter] adv [ME, fr. OE aefter; akin to OHG aftar after, and prob. to OE of of] (bef. 12c): following …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RUN — / rʌn; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( running , ran / ræn; NAmE / run ) MOVE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AFTER — / ˈɑːftə(r); NAmE ˈæf-/ preposition , conjunction , adverb , adjective ■ preposition 1. later than sth; following sth in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AFTER — I. af ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ BrE AmE preposition , conjunction , adverb [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
AFTER — prep., conj., adv., & adj. --prep. 1 a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RUN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AFTER — prep., conj., adv., & adj. prep. 1 a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RUN
Oxford English vocab
AFTER — prep., conj., adv., & adj. --prep. 1. a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after …
Oxford English vocab
RUN — ( runs, running, ran) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AFTER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AFTER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AFTER — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES After much deliberation ▪ After much deliberation , first prize was awarded to Derek …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AFTER — I. adverb so as to follow in time or space after, we turned toward home Synonyms: afterward, afterwhile, behind, by …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUN — INDEX: 1. to run 2. to run as a sport or for exercise 3. to run with short quick steps …
Longman Activator English vocab
AFTER — See ↑ AFTER 1,2,3,4,8, ↑ LATER 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be after • ↑ be/come after • ↑ come after …
Longman Activator English vocab
AFTER — INDEX: 1. after a particular time or event 2. after a particular period of time has passed 3. starting to …
Longman Activator English vocab
RUN
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AFTER — adj. 25B6; preposition he made a speech after the performance : FOLLOWING, subsequent to, at the close/end of, in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AFTER — preposition 1 BAD : After a week we're going to Italy. GOOD : In a week's time we're going to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
RUN — 1. сущ. 1) бег, пробег, пробежка at a run ≈ бегом on the run ≈ на ходу, в движении We …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AFTER — 1. предл. 1) за, позади (местонахождение, следование Run after him and catch him! ≈ Беги за ним и поймай! Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUN — 1. rʌn n _I 1. 1> бег, пробег at a run - бегом см. тж. to come up at a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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