chase sb up
informal— phrasal verb with chase uk/tʃeɪs/us/tʃeɪs/verb
to ask someone to do something that they promised to do but that have not yet done:
If you don't hear from the builders this week, make sure you chase them up.
I must chase my flatmate up about those bills and see if she paid them.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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