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chase

Nouns

• (n) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
  • the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
  pursual, pursuit, following,
• (n) United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase,
• (n) a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

Verbs

• (v) go after with the intent to catch
  • The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
  • the dog chased the rabbit
  dog, give chase, go after, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag,
• (v) pursue someone sexually or romantically chase after,
• (v) cut a groove into
  • chase silver
• (v) cut a furrow into a columns chamfer, furrow,

Synonyms

pursual pursuit following dog give chase go after tail chase after trail track tag Salmon P. Chase Salmon Portland Chase chamfer furrow

See also

chase away dispel drive away drive off drive out run off turn back tag along

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