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verb (used with object)
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to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
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to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
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to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.: He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
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to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
verb (used without object)
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to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
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to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
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Cut to the chase
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
noun
Verb phrase7.
the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
8.
an object of pursuit; something chased.
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Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
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British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
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EXPANDa steeplechase.
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COLLAPSEthe chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
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Idiomgive chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
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cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point.
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Word Origin & History
chase
c.1300, from O.Fr. chacier "to catch, seize," from V.L. *captiare (see catch). Meaning of "run after" developed c.1350.
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Slang Dictionary
cut to the chase definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
cut to the chase
Get to the point, get on with it, as in We don't have time to go into that, so let's cut to the chase. This usage alludes to editing (cutting) film so as to get to the exciting chase scene in a motion picture. [Slang; 1920s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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