run+after
11run after — or[chase after] {v.} 1. To try to find; look for; hunt. * /The Dramatic Club has to run all over town after things for setting the stage when it puts on a play./ 2. {informal} To seek the company of; chase. * /Some boys spend a lot of time and… …
12run after — or[chase after] {v.} 1. To try to find; look for; hunt. * /The Dramatic Club has to run all over town after things for setting the stage when it puts on a play./ 2. {informal} To seek the company of; chase. * /Some boys spend a lot of time and… …
13run after — Synonyms and related words: act up to, agree to anything, approach, break the ice, bring, bring back, brown nose, call for, chase, chase after, chivy, court, cultivate, curry favor, dance attendance on, dog, fall all over, fall over, fawn upon,… …
14run after — PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you are running after someone, you are trying to start a relationship with them, usually a sexual relationship. [V P n] By the time she was fifteen Maria was already running after men twice her age …
15run after — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. follow, chase, hunt; see pursue 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To follow (another) with the intent of overtaking and capturing: chase, pursue. Idioms: be (or go) in pursuit, give chase. See SEEK. II verb See run …
16run after — informal pursue persistently. → run …
17run after — chase after, go in the tracks of; search for a person s friend …
18run after — informal I have no intention of running after him Syn: pursue, chase; make advances to, flirt with; informal come on to, be all over; dated set one s cap for/at …
19To run after — Run Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin… …
20ˌrun ˈafter sb/sth — phrasal verb to chase someone or something Velluci ran after the car waving his fists.[/ex] …
