give chaseto chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you
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follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going:
The man had followed her home to find out where she lived. Follow that car! He hired a detective to follow her.chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape:
Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them:
I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.stalk /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them:
a tiger stalking its prey He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.pursue /pəˈsjuː $ pərˈsuː/
written to chase someone in a very determined way:
The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you:
One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man. The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go:
Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground:
The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲