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go af·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, trackverb

    go after with the intent to catch

    "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

  2. quest for, go after, quest after, pursueverb

    go in search of or hunt for

    "pursue a hobby"

Wiktionary

  1. go afterverb

    To pursue in attempt to catch another.

  2. go afterverb

    To pursue an object or a goal.

ChatGPT

  1. go after

    1) To pursue or chase with an intention to catch, obtain, or achieve something. 2) To proceed or follow in pursuit. 3) To try to obtain or achieve (a job, position, degree, etc.) 4) To criticize or attack someone. 5) To imitate or replicate someone or something. The definition can vary greatly depending on the context in which it's used.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of go after in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of go after in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of go after in a Sentence

  1. Archibald Wavell:

    After 'the war to end war' they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making a "Peace to end Peace.

  2. Devin Nunes:

    After more than a year, the Committee has finished its Russia investigation and will now work on completing our report, i’d like to thank Congressmen Trey Gowdy, Tom Rooney, and especially Mike Conaway for the excellent job they’ve done leading this investigation. I’d also like to recognize the hard work undertaken by our other Committee members as well as our staff. Once the Committee’s final report is issued, we hope our findings and recommendations will be useful for improving security and integrity for the 2018 midterm elections.

  3. Linda Matheny:

    Bees were after him the whole time, he said, so he killed them and ate them.

  4. Northwesterns Raffaella Margutti:

    We think that The Cow is the formation of an accreting black hole or neutron star, we know from theory that black holes and neutron stars form when a star dies, but weve never seen them right after they are born. Never.

  5. Behnam Ben Taleblu:

    Once again, the critics of Trumps Iran policy are wrong. There was no WW3 after the removal of the Islamic Republics most important military official from the battlefield, four months since that game-changing strike, Irans proxy network continues to operate, but without the charismatic and cunning terrorist who coordinated their efforts. Now is the time to ramp up the pressure on this network.


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