单词 | run after |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for run after
run afterSEE SYNONYMS FOR run after ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, preposition) informalto pursue (a member of the opposite sex) with persistent attention to pursue (anything) persistently to care for in an excessively attentive or servile wayshe runs after her three grown sons as if they were babies Words nearby run afterrun, runabout, run across, run a fever, run afoul of, run after, run against, runagate, run along, run amok, run an errand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with run afterrun after Also, chase after. Follow, pursue with haste, as in Our dog loves to run after the mail truck, or The children were chasing after the geese in the park. [c. 1300] Seek the company or attention of, especially aggressively. For example, He's run after her for a year, but she just ignores him. [Early 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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