run after sb/sth
— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
to chase someone or something that is moving away from you:
Why do dogs run after cats?
She ran after me to hand me some papers I'd dropped.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pursuing
- be hot on sb's track/trail idiom
- be on sb's tail idiom
- bear
- bear down on sb/sth
- bring
- bring up the rear idiom
- convoy
- heel
- hot
- hound
- in hot pursuit idiom
- on the scent idiom
- pursue
- pursuer
- run
- scent
- stalk
- tag
- tailgate
- track
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