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*after someone or something

 

1. Lit. following someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; Come ~.) Tom comes after Mary in the line.

2. Fig. in pursuit of someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; chase ~; run ~.) The dog is after a rabbit.

after

/in a fashion

In some way or other, especially to a limited extent: She sings after a fashion.

See:

• a man after own heart
• a person after (one's) own
• after
• after (a) while, crocodile
• after (one's) own heart
• after a fashion
• after a sort
• After a storm comes a calm
• after a while
• after all
• after all is said and done
• after hours
• after meat, mustard
• after one's own heart
• after own heart
• after Saturday comes Sunday
• after the dust has settled
• after the fact
• after the fashion of
• after the Lord Mayor's show
• after the party is over
• after the style of
• After while
• After while, crocodile
• After you
• after you, my dear Alphonse
• ask after
• be after
• be after (one's) blood
• be after blood
• be out for scalp
• be out for/after (someone's) scalp
• chase after
• chase around after
• close the barn door after the horse has bolted
• close the stable door after the horse has bolted
• closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
• come after
• day after day
• devil looks after his own
• flock after
• get after
• go after
• grope after
• hanker after
• happily ever after
• have letters after (one's) name
• head out
• head out after
• hunger after
• hunt after
• If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
• in a while
• inquire after
• It is easy to be wise after the event
• It's easy to be wise after the event
• It's one thing after another!
• keep after
• letters after (one's) name
• life after
• live happily ever after
• lock the barn door after the horse has bolted
• lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
• look after
• look after number one
• lust after
• make after
• man after (one's) own heart
• man after my own heart
• month after month
• morning after
• morning after, the
• much sought after
• name after
• name for else Go to name after
• night after night
• one after another
• one after the other
• one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after
• one thing after another
• one thing or person after another
• pattern after
• pick up after
• pine after
• run after
• run around after
• search after
• see after
• seek after
• send after
• send the helve after the hatchet
• Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
• sought after
• stay after
• strain after
• strive after
• sweep up after
• tail after
• take after
• take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
• take off
• take off after
• the calm after a storm
• the devil looks after his own
• the morning after
• the morning after the night before
• they're only after one thing
• throw good money after bad
• time after time
• trot after
• week after week
• when all's said and done
• when the dust has settled
• woman after (one's) own heart
• year after year