chase
verb (TRY TO GET) /tʃeɪs/Definition
C2 [T] to try to get something that is difficult to get or achieve: It's depressing how many people there are chasing so few jobs. After years of chasing her dreams, she finally got a part in a film.Wanting thingsHoping and hopefulness › [I or T] to try very hard to persuade someone to have a relationship with you: She's always chasing (after) men.Finding a partner
(Definition of chase verb (TRY TO GET) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -matched suffix
- a heavy date idiom
- be on the pull idiom
- computer dating noun
- courtship noun
- cruise verb
- date noun (MEETING)
- dating agency noun
- get together phrasal verb (START)
- go back to sb phrasal verb
- lonely hearts idiom
- marriage bureau noun
- match noun (SUITABLE)
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- singles bar noun
- speed dating noun
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