run after
Britishverb
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to pursue (a member of the opposite sex) with persistent attention
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to pursue (anything) persistently
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to care for in an excessively attentive or servile way
she runs after her three grown sons as if they were babies
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Also, chase after.
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Follow, pursue with haste, as in Our dog loves to run after the mail truck , or The children were chasing after the geese in the park . [c. 1300]
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Seek the company or attention of, especially aggressively. For example, He's run after her for a year, but she just ignores him . [Early 1500s]
Example Sentences
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“Because who is not going to run after doing that stuff? Unless they’re hurt. He just gets out of his car. So I’m just thinking ... ‘This guy’s going to run.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Another youth was seen to run after the pair before he returned to the scene to collect an electric scooter.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
He wanted to bring in someone like Rick Bowness, the veteran coach who in January led the Columbus Blue Jackets, then the worst team in the East, to a 19-3-4 run after taking over midseason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
In the sixth, Teoscar Hernández tacked on two more runs with an opposite-field home run after an errant sinker from Kochanowicz.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
I wanted to run after him, to tell him to wait while I got my bag and got back in the car.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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