go after

VERB
  1. go after with the intent to catch
    the dog chased the rabbit
    The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
  2. go in search of or hunt for
    pursue a hobby
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How To Use go after In A Sentence

  • Are you planning to go after Paul's job when he leaves?
  • Uncle and aunt have moved back up north to have another go after her affair. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nine years on, let's look at what the authors of the plan had in mind for Sligo after the road is built, particularly in terms of traffic flow and pedestrianisation.
  • It's called a butterwort, and it always grows in boggy places; I wouldn't advise you to go after one again without asking father first. Milly and Olly
  • Jessica is also a Midnighter with powers that are apparently so fierce, the darklings decide to emerge from the outer badlands and go after her. REVIEW: Midnighters #1 - The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
  • The province was attacked a month ago after weeks of simmering tension.
  • Doctors would really have to go after the food industry, the medical industry, and the pharmaceutical industry and we'd all have to admit to the complete train wreck of what I call industrialized medicine. Alison Rose Levy: Robert Thurman: The Sacred Cows in the Health Care Debate
  • He moved to go after him when the door suddenly slammed shut.
  • If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
  • A very wise man says it is better to go after one stray sheep than stay with 99 sheep who are safe in the fold.
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