pursue

/pəˈsjuː/

/pərˈsuː/ verb [T] (present participle pursuing, past tense and past participle pursued)

Translation

TRY › If you pursue a plan, activity, or situation, you try to do it or achieve it, usually over a long period of time.

elde etmeye çalışmak, kovalamak

She decided to pursue a career in television.1832

FOLLOW › to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch them

kovalamak, peşinden koşmak, takip etmek

The car was pursued by helicopters.1621

pursue a matter › to try to discover information about something

incelemek, araştırmak, bilgi toplamaya çalışmak

We will not be pursuing this matter any further.1110

(Definition of pursue verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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