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   chase

   /tʃeɪs/

   verb

   • 1. pursue in order to catch or catch up with: "police chased the stolen car through the city" Similar pursuerun afterfollowhunttracktrailgive chase tobe hot on someone's heelsinformal:tailOpposite run away from
   • ▪ seek to attain: "the team are chasing their first home win this season"
   • ▪ seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way: "he spends all his free time chasing girls" Similar courtwoopursuerun afterseek the company ofmake advances tomake up toflirt withromanceinformal:chat upmake (sheep's) eyes atgive the come-on tocome on tobe all overtrack withtrack square withdated:set one's cap atpay addresses topay suit topay court toseek the hand ofmake love toarchaic:spark
   • 2. drive or cause to go in a specified direction: "she chased him out of the house" Similar drive awaydrive offdrive output to flightsend awayscare offscatterinformal:send packing
   • ▪ rush in a specified direction: "he chased down the motorway" Similar rushdashracespeedstreakshootchargecareerscramblescurryhurrymake hastehareflypeltinformal:scootbelttearzipwhipgo like a bat out of hellboogiehightailclipvulgar slang:drag/tear/haul assinformal, dated:cut alongarchaic:posthieOpposite amble
   • 3. try to obtain (something owed or required): "the company employs people to chase up debts"
   • ▪ try to make contact with (someone) in order to obtain something owed or required: "the council recently appointed its own team of bailiffs to chase non-payers"
   • ▪ make further investigation of an unresolved matter: "the cost of the police time needed to chase up every new offence"

   noun

   • 1. an act of pursuing someone or something: "they captured the youths after a brief chase"
   • ▪ short for steeplechase
   • ▪ hunting as a sport: "she was an ardent follower of the chase"
   • ▪ an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting: "Cannock Chase"
   • ▪ a hunted animal.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French chacier (verb), chace (noun), based on Latin captare ‘continue to take’, from capere ‘take’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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     CHASE meaning: 1. to hurry after someone or something in...

   • Chase: Arabic Translation

     CHASE translate: يُطارِد. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Chase: Catalan Translation

     chase translate: perseguir. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Chase: Russian Translation

     CHASE translate: гнаться, преследовать , гоняться, пытаться...

   • Chase Spanish Translation

     CHASE translate: perseguir, persecución [feminine],...

   • Chase: Korean Translation

     CHASE translate: -을 뒤쫓다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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