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run after

verb

to pursue (a member of the opposite sex) with persistent attention
to pursue (anything) persistently
to care for in an excessively attentive or servile way
she runs after her three grown sons as if they were babies

Also, chase after .

Paris at that time possessed a much run-after clairvoyant, the celebrated Alexis; they thought of going to consult him.

Of an age with Temperance and Sarah, Tess had been the most run-after girl in town during the years of 1890 and '91.

I've heard that you are the most assiduously run-after girl at Palm Beach.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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