chase1
• verb 1 pursue in order to catch. 2 rush or cause to go in a specified direction. 3 try to obtain (something owed or required). • noun 1 an act of chasing. 2 (the chase) hunting as a sport. — PHRASES give chase go in pursuit. — ORIGIN Old French chacier, from Latin captare ‘continue to take’.
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