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
Adaeze	-	Western African, Igbo
Hudes	-	Yiddish
Takuma	tah-koo-mah	Japanese
Malte	MAHL-tə (German)	Danish, Swedish, German
Chikumbutso	-	Southern African, Chewa
KÖRbl	KUUR-bəl	German