run after

== English == === Verb === run after (third-person singular simple present runs after, present participle running after, simple past ran after, past participle run after) To follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something). 2006, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Knopf, Book 1, p. 36,[1] […] the sun and dust were not anymore merciful; not to speak of the police who sometimes chased them, suspecting them of being beggars, and tourists who ran after them with cameras, taking them to be holy beggars. To make a determined effort to win someone's affections or to have a sexual relationship with them. 1791, Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, p. 265,[2] […] if a young man is wild, and must run after women and bad company, it is better this should be done abroad, as, on his return, he can break off such connections, and begin at home a new man […] To endeavour to find or obtain. 1831, Abraham John Valpy, Locke’s Essay on the Human Understanding Condensed by a Clergyman, London: Whitaker, Treacher, and Arnot, “Conduct of the Understanding,” p. 409,[6] The letting the mind run after similes, though it may be useful for the explaining our thoughts to others, yet is by no means so for settling true notions of any thing in ourselves; (obsolete) To seek the company or assistance of; to frequent; to consult (someone). (obsolete) To seek to participate in, devote oneself to (something). (archaic, passive voice) To be well-liked and much admired. ==== Usage notes ==== All senses apart from sense 1 usually have a negative connotation. ==== Synonyms ==== (all senses): pursue (follow quickly; try to win someone's affection): chase ==== Translations ====