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chase [1] 
  vb 
1 to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly 
2 tr; often foll by: out, away,  or  off to force to run (away); drive (out) 
3 tr 
Informal to court (a member of the opposite sex) in an unsubtle manner 
4 tr; often foll by: up 
Informal to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc. 
chase up the builders and get a delivery date  
5 intr 
Informal to hurry; rush 
  n 
6 the act of chasing; pursuit 
7 any quarry that is pursued 
8  (Brit) an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted 
9  (Brit) the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others 
10 ♦ the chase the act or sport of hunting 
11  short for  →  steeplechase 
12  (Real Tennis) a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again 
13 ♦ cut to the chase 
Informal  (chiefly U.S.) to start talking about the important aspects of something 
14 ♦ give chase to pursue (a person, animal, or thing) actively 
  (C13: from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiare (unattested), from Latin captare to pursue eagerly, from capere to take; see catch) 
♦  chaseable    adj 

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