run after
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
verb
To make a determined effort to win someone's affections or to have a sexual relationship with them.
Example Sentences
- "That dog will get hurt if he continues to run after cars."
- "I saw him run after a gilded butterfly: and when he caught it, he let it go again;"
- "‘Why are you tearing about the streets,’ said Mr. Gradgrind, ‘in this improper manner?’ ‘I was—I was run after, sir,’ the girl panted, ‘and I wanted to get away.’"
- "2006, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Knopf, Book 1, p. 36, […] 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."
- "She runs after any man in uniform!"
- "1791, Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, p. 265, […] 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 […]"