Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Chase"

A: 1. To follow and catch (e.g. The police chased down the thief)

2. To search for and find (e.g. I'd been looking for my professor all day, and I finally managed to chase him down just before his last class)

A: I never really heard that phrase to be used commonly but it means you’re willingly to do something!

A: Follow/ to run after

'The dog chased the cat.'

A: I have two interpretations for "chase the moon"

1) The moon 🌙 does not move like we do.

No matter how much we walk or run towards the moon in the night sky. It is to tell someone to give up doing what their doing because it is impossible for a human to chase it.

2) "chase the moon" can also be encouragement. Like "chase your dreams". Dreams are not easy to achieve because in reality it is very difficult or impossible. But going to the moon 🌙 seems to possible soon and people can start thinking and dream about living on the moon soon. It can also mean to tell someone to work hard and smart. Keep doing what you might be doing, learn from it and sometimes dreams like "chase the moon" can become a reality.

(It will depend on the story and context). It can be negative and positive. I recommend for positive idioms like:

"Follow your dreams"

A: In this case, it literally means she is trying to sleep but can't fall asleep.
More figuratively it means that she is exhausted from her struggles in life, but cannot rest even though she wants to.
I hope this explanation makes sense. If it's unclear, please ask me more.

A: - I read a book or magazine to chase away boredom.

- It'll help chase away mosquitoes.

- Why did you let her chase him away?

A: I chased the ball as it roled away.
the dog chased the car.

A: the cops are chasing the murder.

to chase my dream i Will have to study a lot

A: I need to chase up my boss about those files he needed

A: "Pursue" is an uncommon word. In some contexts it seems appropriate, like when a police officer is going after a criminal, it's a pursuit; the police officer is pursuing the criminal. Also, "to chase a dream" and "to pursue a dream" are both right, but "pursue" sounds more serious and pragmatic here. They essentially mean the same thing, but when in doubt, you should use "chase".

A: They often mean much the same. I would normally say chase, which means any kind of intensive targeted attempt to follow and catch somebody (or animal or thing).

"Chase after" suggests a possibly unsuccessful long-term chase such as a romantic pursuit.

However "chase" alone can also mean an long or unsuccessful pursuit. For example somebody who spends a lifetime with one impossible ambition may be said to "chase a dream".

A: They are pretty much the same, but pursue could be used as the less literal one, like if your running after someone you would just say you are chasing them, but pursuing could be going after anything, not literally (sorry if it's confusing)

A: They mean the same thing. You can use either, just make sure it sounds smooth in the sentence.
Example: "I chase my dreams." "I chase down my dreams."
"The police chase robbers." "The police chase down robbers."

A: I think the difference is simply time.

Court and woo are very old fashioned words.

Run after, pursue, and chase meant literally running after someone but nowadays are used to replace court and woo.

A: In my Hangouts account, they asked me to make a donation, open a chase bank account in the US, and to open a Bank of America account.~

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A: run after someone . the police chase a suspect in an alley

A: "Go away" is fine, but it can be a bit blunt depending how you say it.

"Chase off" or "chase away" need not involve running.

"Some oiks were teasing my penguins, but I soon chased them away."

The oiks ran off but I didn't.

You can also say "scare away" in a similar situation.

A lot depends on who you're saying it to. : )

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A: I chased after him to see if we could play a little before he got trapped. = you are seeing
I was chasing after him for him to see if we could play a little before he got trapped = he was seeing

A: @goozz
He kept chasing girls unknowingly forgetting his too old for this kind of things.

He kept chasing girls despite his age.

Age is nothing but a number he believes so he kept chasing girls.

He kept chasing girls forgetting how old he was.

Without giving consideration for his age, he kept chasing girls.

A: It was nearly perfect actually. Usually the article is left out before ' business ' so it's: "Let's cut to the chase and get down to business! "

A: I encouraged her to chase her dreams because she's destined for greatness.