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单词 run after
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  • Of an age with Temperance and Sarah, Tess had been the most run-after girl in town during the years of 1890 and '91.

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run after

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verb (intr, preposition) informal

to 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 after

run, 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 after

run after

Also, chase after.

1

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]

2

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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