Chase

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc. 1.2 to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt 1.3 to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc. 1.4 to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to follow in pursuit 2.2 to rush or hasten 3 Noun 3.1 the act of chasing; pursuit 3.2 an object of pursuit; something chased. 3.3 Chiefly British . a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted. 3.4 British . the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others. 3.5 a steeplechase. 3.6 the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting. ? 4 Verb phrase 4.1 give chase, to pursue 5 Idiom 5.1 cut to the chase 6 Antonyms 6.1 noun 6.2 verb 7 Synonyms 7.1 noun 7.2 verb

Verb (used with object)

to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.

The police officer chased the thief.

to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt

to chase deer.

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.

to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment

She chased the cat out of the room.

Verb (used without object)

to follow in pursuit

to chase after someone.

to rush or hasten

We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.

Noun

the act of chasing; pursuit

The chase lasted a day.

an object of pursuit; something chased.

Chiefly British . a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.

British . the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.

a steeplechase.

the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting. ?

Verb phrase

give chase, to pursue

The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.

Idiom

cut to the chase

Informal . to get to the main point.

Antonyms

noun

escape , retreat

verb

escape , retreat , run away

Synonyms

noun

hunt , hunting , quest , race , venery , hot pursuit

verb

bird-dog , charge , chivy , course , drive , drive away , expel , follow , go after , hound , hunt , run down , rush , seek , shag , speed , take off after , tear , track , track down , trail , run after , run , stalk , catch , dispel , disperse , gallop , harass , harry , pursue , pursuit , quarry , scatter , shadow , shoo