to try to arrest or punish someone
to try to catch or stop someone
to try to get something that other people are also competing for
A good selection of malt whiskies means things really get going after dark.
But there is something contagious about going after a dream that is filled with joy.
But we gave it a real go after that, hit the woodwork three times.
Forget the pain, just get up and go after him.
He only gets going after about three miles.
He said: 'I used to go after them and try to chat them up.
If you try to go after them, you'll only be hugely disappointed.
It finally let her go after she hit back.
It would be dangerous to go after the killer on your own.
Last year, he was only just getting going after the last.
Our company is going after the software market in western Europe.
They were trying to go after me a bit and I was rewarded for bowling tight lines and lengths.
What bowler doesn't have a go after a dropped catch?
Yet it was easier to go after me for something virtually in the public eye.
You're going after something totally different.
You’d better go after her and tell her you’re sorry.
goes after
going after
went after
gone after
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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