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[ verb ] go after with the intent to catch
Synonyms Examples "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley" "the dog chased the rabbit" Used in print (Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)They were chasing a rain_cloud . (Terence O'Donnell, "Evenings at the Bridge"...)To a stranger their delight in these things may seem paradoxical , for Persians chase the golden_calf as much_as any people . (Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)I 'll stampede the rest of these horses so they can n't chase you '' . |
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[ noun ] the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
Examples "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The `` chase '' as a standard film device probably dates_from The_Great_Train_Robbery , and there is a reason for the continued popularity of the device . The chase in itself is a narrative ; it presumes both speed and urgency and it demands cutting - both from pursued to pursuer and from stage to stage of the journey of both . The cowboy films , the cops and robbers films , and the slapstick comedy films culminating in an insane chase are not_only catering to what critics may assume to be a vulgar taste for violence ; these films and these sequences are also seeking_out - instinctively or by_design - the peculiarly cinematic elements of narrative . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The argument against this last approach is comparable_to that which rejects stories about hoop_snakes , about snakes that break themselves into many pieces and join up again , or even of ghosts that chase people out of graveyards ; the mere piling_up of testimony does not prove , to the scientific mind , the existence of hoop_snakes , joint_snakes , or ghosts . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)If we cluster together , the redcoats can make an advantage out of_it , but there 's not a blessed thing they can do with two or three of us except chase us , and we can outrun them '' . |
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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 542
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