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Meanings of chase in English

Portuguese
ir à caça
Catalan
empaitar
Spanish
rastrear
Wikidata

Go after with the intent to catch.

      Related terms
      ir à caça
      Portuguese
      perseguição
      Catalan
      perseguiment
      Spanish
      caza

      The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.

            perseguição
            Spanish
            estriar

            Cut a furrow into a columns.

                  estriar

                  To follow at speed with the intent to catch.

                        Usage of chase in English
                        1
                        Navan's chase course has been deemed unraceable following an early morning inspection.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        The chase was long and hot; but the end was in sight.
                        On the Firing Line
                        3
                        The place for the strong-limbed is in the thick of the chase.
                        The Soldier of the Valley
                        4
                        The left fork would almost certainly lead him on a wild-goose chase.
                        Tough customer: a novel
                        5
                        My advice: Don't chase what maybe seems to be an easy solution.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        Some researchers literally chase down their findings across land, sea and sky.
                        Radio NZ
                        7
                        He led in a chase group 58 seconds behind race leader Wiggins.
                        The Irish Times
                        8
                        He led the throng of animal men and others in the chase.
                        Joe Strong, the Boy Fish; or, Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank
                        9
                        Therefore, you chase the snow…all the way to Hogsback to be exact.
                        The South African
                        10
                        But second time round the Jamaican-based franchise managed their run chase better.
                        Jamaica Observer
                        11
                        People there chase horses off that cliff at least once every year.
                        The Plains of Passage
                        12
                        The half-breeds and half a score of rangers joined in the chase.
                        The Elson Readers, Book 5
                        13
                        Kiptanui said athletes should not just chase money without realising the implications.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        He was instantly pursued; but the chase stopped on reaching the sea.
                        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
                        15
                        Sails were at once hoisted, and the Pluto joined in the chase.
                        The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
                        16
                        And Karlov himself undertook the chase across Russia, China, and the Pacific.
                        The Drums of Jeopardy
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                        Chase through the time
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