take off after

take off after somebody

to chase someone Several people took off after the thief and caught him before the police got there.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sybella	si-BEL-ə	English (Rare)
Birgitta	bir-YIT-tah (Swedish), bir-GIT-tah (Swedish), BEER-geet-tah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish
Susannah	[su:zænə]
Kamen	-	Bulgarian
Catrin	KAT-rin (Welsh), KAHT-reen (German)	Welsh, German
Madara	-	Latvian