| chase away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
| ~ frighten | drive out by frightening. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ fire | drive out or away by or as if by fire.; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" |
| ~ clear the air | dispel differences or negative emotions.; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air" |
| ~ banish | drive away.; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom" |
| ~ shoo, shoo away, shoo off | drive away by crying `shoo!'. |
| ~ drive out, rouse, rout out, force out | force or drive out.; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
| pursue | | |
| v. (social) | 1. engage, prosecute, pursue | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ practice, commit | engage in or perform.; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" |
| ~ close | engage at close quarters.; "close with the enemy" |
| ~ politick | engage in political activities.; "This colleague is always politicking" |
| v. (motion) | 2. follow, pursue | follow in or as if in pursuit.; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ stalk | go through (an area) in search of prey.; "stalk the woods for deer" |
| ~ chase, dog, give chase, go after, tail, chase after, trail, track, tag | go after with the intent to catch.; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" |
| ~ haunt, stalk | follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to.; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" |
| ~ surveil, survey, follow | keep under surveillance.; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" |
| v. (contact) | 3. go after, pursue, quest after, quest for | go in search of or hunt for.; "pursue a hobby" |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| v. (social) | 4. act on, follow up on, pursue | carry further or advance.; "Can you act on this matter soon?" |
| ~ run down, check out | trace.; "We are running down a few tips" |
| ~ react, oppose | act against or in opposition to.; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" |
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