chase : Idioms & Phrases
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A wild goose chase
- an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Webster 1913
chase after
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verb pursue someone sexually or romantically
chase.
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verb go after with the intent to catch
go after; chase after; track; dog; trail; tail; tag; chase.
- The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
- the dog chased the rabbit
WordNet
chase away
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verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
turn back; drive out; dispel; drive away; drive off; run off.
- Drive away potential burglars
- drive away bad thoughts
- dispel doubts
- The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
WordNet
Chase gun
(Naut.) , a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued.
Webster 1913
Chase port
(Naut.) , a porthole from which a chase gun is fired.
Webster 1913
Flat chasing
- in fine art metal working, a mode of ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots and lines made with a punching tool. Knight.
Webster 1913
frank-chase
Frank"-chase` noun
Etymology
Definitions
(Eng. Law) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. Burrill.
Webster 1913
give chase
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verb go after with the intent to catch
go after; chase after; track; dog; trail; tail; tag; chase.
- The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
- the dog chased the rabbit
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paper chase
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noun an outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot
hare and hounds.
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salmon p. chase
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noun United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
Salmon P. Chase; Chase.
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salmon portland chase
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noun United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
Salmon P. Chase; Chase.
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Steeple chase
- a race across country between a number of horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc.
Webster 1913
Stern chase
(Naut.) , a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.
Webster 1913
To give chase
- to pursue.
Webster 1913
Wild goose chase
- the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. Shak.
Webster 1913
wild-goose chase
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noun the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable