run after

verb

1. to pursue (a member of the opposite sex) with persistent attention

2. to pursue (anything) persistently

3. to care for in an excessively attentive or servile way

   she runs after her three grown sons as if they were babies

Idioms and Phrases

Also, chase after.

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]

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

The Red Roses are on a 28-game winning run after thrashing the US 69-7 in the opening game of the tournament.

From BBC

The FBI affidavit mentions that the alias ‘Alan Fujimori’ is associated with a known book thief who was on the run after similar thefts at the UC Berkeley library.

From Los Angeles Times

A suspect is on the run after four people were killed in a shooting at a bar in the US state of Montana, authorities say.

From BBC

She runs after her, and I’m always the one having to run after the baby.

From Los Angeles Times

It then dropped it, deciding it could not run after its presenter went on BBC Radio 4'sToday programme and called Israel 'a rogue state that's committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing and mass murdering Palestinians'.

From BBC

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