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chase

1  [cheys] verb, chased, chas⋅ing, noun
Use give chase in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
2. to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
3. 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.
4. to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
–verb (used without object)
5. to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
6. to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
–noun
7. the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
8. an object of pursuit; something chased.
9. Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
10. British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
11. a steeplechase.
12. the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
—Verb phrase
13. give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
—Idiom
14. cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME chacen < MF chasser to hunt, OF chacier < VL *captiāre; see catch

Related forms:
chase⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
4. oust, rout, scatter. 7. hunt, quest.
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chase 1   (chās)   
v.   chased, chas·ing, chas·es

v.   tr.

  1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue: chased the thief.

  2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt: chase foxes.

  3. To seek the favor or company of persistently: chased me until I agreed to a date.

  4. To put to flight; drive: chased the dog away.

  5. Baseball To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.

v.   intr.

  1. To go or follow in pursuit.

  2. Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us.

n.  

  1. The act of chasing; pursuit.

    1. The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase.

    2. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.

    3. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.

    4. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.

  3. Chiefly British

    1. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.

    2. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.


[Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, to catch; see catch.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

chase 
1297, from O.Fr. chacier "to catch, seize," from V.L. *captiare (see catch). Meaning of "run after" developed c.1350. Chaser "water or mild beverage taken after a strong drink" is Amer.Eng. slang, first recorded 1897. Fr. chasse (from chasser "to chase") was a drink of liquor taken (or said to be taken) to kill the aftertaste of coffee or tobacco.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

give chase

Pursue, as in The police gave chase to the robber. [c. 1700]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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