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
Dragana	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Ally	['æli]
DesidÉRia	-	Portuguese
Maxen	-	Welsh (Anglicized)
Rafe	RAYF	English
Astrid	AH-strid (Swedish), AH-stree (Norwegian), AHS-trit (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French