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Go after   /goʊ ˈæftər/   Listen
Go after

verb
1.
Go after with the intent to catch.  Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, tag, tail, track, trail.  "The dog chased the rabbit"
2.
Go in search of or hunt for.  Synonyms: pursue, quest after, quest for.






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"Go after" Quotes from Famous Books



... before the Grand Jury and gave information about having seen Len starting a prairie fire. That body lost little time in returning an indictment against the missing bully. But of course it was out of their power to go after him ...
— Cowboy Dave • Frank V. Webster

... is high," said the cook. "Are you not afraid to go after a wounded lion with only ...
— The Land of Footprints • Stewart Edward White

... 1876, the United States started to go after him, but the cold weather delayed the plans. Then, in May, matters were all arranged. There were to be three columns, to ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin

... better be left alone. So a bit later the waggons started, and as I expected they would, went up a side valley instead of going on by the caravan route. The fellow had riz my dander, and after sitting for a bit I made up my mind I would go after 'em. I had no particular motive, it wur just out of cussedness. I was not going to be bluffed from going whar I chose. This air a free country, and I had as much right to go up that valley as ...
— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty

... wrecking our buildings for this ship," Wolden mourned. "Given time, my experiments would have made worlds and space unnecessary. But it has been voted that we go after Maya and punish Grim Hagen, even though we drive to the edge of space. So be it. We are now building in weeks what it would once have taken years to do. Those on our experimental ship who have already gone out into space, they have helped ...
— Hunters Out of Space • Joseph Everidge Kelleam


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