chase
noun
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the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capturepursuit
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a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
verb
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to cut a furrow into a columnschamferfurrow
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to cut a groove into“chase silver”
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to go after with the intent to catch“The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”tag
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to pursue someone sexually or romanticallychase after