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To follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- That dog will get hurt if he continues to run after cars.
- 2006, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Knopf, Book 1, p. 36, [...] the sun and dust were not anymore merciful; not to speak of the police who sometimes chased them, suspecting them of being beggars, and tourists who ran after them with cameras, taking them to be holy beggars.
Meaning relationships
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To make a determined effort to win someone's affections or to have a sexual relationship with them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She runs after any man in uniform!
- 1791, Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, p. 265, [...] if a young man is wild, and must run after women and bad company, it is better this should be done abroad, as, on his return, he can break off such connections, and begin at home a new man [...]
Meaning relationships
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To endeavour to find or obtain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1831, Abraham John Valpy, Locke’s Essay on the Human Understanding Condensed by a Clergyman, London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Arnot, “Conduct of the Understanding,” p. 409, The letting the mind run after similes, though it may be useful for the explaining our thoughts to others, yet is by no means so for settling true notions of any thing in ourselves;
Meaning relationships
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To seek the company or assistance of; to frequent; to consult (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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To seek to participate in, devote oneself to (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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To be well-liked and much admired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Qualifier: passive voice
Examples
- She is run after by many people.
Meaning relationships
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ركض وراء
— follow quickly
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Esperanto:
postkuri
— follow quickly
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French:
courir après
— follow quickly
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Hindi:
पीछे भागना
(pīche bhāgnā)
— follow quickly
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Hindi:
पीछे दौड़ना
(pīche dauṛnā)
— follow quickly
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Italian:
rincorrere
— follow quickly
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Italian:
cacciare
— follow quickly
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Italian:
inseguire
— follow quickly
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Italian:
correre dietro
— follow quickly
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Polish:
biegać
— follow quickly
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Portuguese:
correr atrás
— follow quickly
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Portuguese:
perseguir
— follow quickly
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Spanish:
perseguir
— follow quickly
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Swedish:
jaga
— follow quickly
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Swedish:
jaga efter
— follow quickly
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Ottoman Turkish:
قوغمق
(koğmak, kovmak)
— follow quickly
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Ottoman Turkish:
تعقیب ایتمك
(taʼkib etmek)
— follow quickly
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French:
courir après
— try to win someone's affections
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Hindi:
पीछे भागना
(pīche bhāgnā)
— try to win someone's affections
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Hindi:
पीछे दौड़ना
(pīche dauṛnā)
— try to win someone's affections
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Italian:
andare dietro
— try to win someone's affections
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Polish:
biegać
— try to win someone's affections
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Portuguese:
correr atrás
— try to win someone's affections
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Spanish:
correr tras
— try to win someone's affections
