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go after

Idioms  
  1. Pursue, try to get, as in The officer went after the burglar; or Ed was going after a new job with a vengeance. [Mid-1400s]


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"I knock on a lot of doors but I know people are tired of listening. They are frustrated with politics. If one person says 'this is amazing,' it makes me go after 10 other doors."

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

"There's no single attribute or a single metric that we particularly go after," Cave explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Last week, she released a television ad highlighting her willingness to go after members of her own party.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

And just remember, he has two seasons to go after the Notre Dame kicking records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Where else would somebody go, after here? Omaha?”

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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