chase
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc..
The police officer chased the thief.
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to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt.
to chase deer.
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to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc..
He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
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to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment.
She chased the cat out of the room.
verb (used without object)
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to follow in pursuit.
to chase after someone.
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to rush or hasten.
We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
noun
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the act of chasing; pursuit.
The chase lasted a day.
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an object of pursuit; something chased.
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Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
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British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
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a steeplechase.
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the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
the excitement of the chase.
verb phrase
idioms
noun
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a rectangular iron frame in which composed type is secured or locked for printing or platemaking.
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Building Trades. a space or groove in a masonry wall or through a floor for pipes or ducts.
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a groove, furrow, or trench; a lengthened hollow.
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Ordnance.
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the part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
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the part containing the bore.
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verb (used with object)
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to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing.
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to cut (a screw thread), as with a chaser or machine tool.
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Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, U.S. educator, novelist, and essayist.
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Salmon Portland 1808–73, U.S. jurist and statesman: secretary of the treasury 1861–64; chief justice of the U.S. 1864–73.
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Samuel, 1741–1811, U.S. jurist and leader in the American Revolution: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1796–1811.
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Stuart, 1888–1985, U.S. economist and writer.
verb
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to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly
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(tr; often foll by out, away, or off) to force to run (away); drive (out)
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informal (tr) to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner
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informal to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc
chase up the builders and get a delivery date
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informal (intr) to hurry; rush
noun
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the act of chasing; pursuit
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any quarry that is pursued
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an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted
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the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others
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the act or sport of hunting
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short for steeplechase
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real tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again
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informal to start talking about the important aspects of something
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to pursue (a person, animal, or thing) actively
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printing a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making
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the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle
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a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc
verb
verb
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Also: enchase. to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing
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to form or finish (a screw thread) with a chaser
Other Word Forms
- chaseable adjective
Etymology
Origin of chase1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English chacen, chacien, from Middle French chasser “to hunt,” Old French chacier, from unattested Vulgar Latin captiāre; catch
Origin of chase2
First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French chas, chasse, from Late Latin capsus (masculine), capsum (neuter) “fully or partly enclosed space,” variant of capsa case 2
Origin of chase3
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English chased (past participle); shortened variant of enchase
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
