"go after" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes after [present, singular, third-person], going after [participle, present], went after [past], gone after [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> after}} go after (third-person singular simple present goes after, present participle going after, simple past went after, past participle gone after)
  1. To pursue in attempt to catch another. Related terms: get after Translations (to pursue in attempt to catch): ajaa takaa (Finnish), पीछे जाना (pīche jānā) (Hindi), पीछे पड़ना (pīche paṛnā) (Hindi), पीछे पड़ जाना (pīche paṛ jānā) (Hindi), dare la caccia (Italian), forfølge (Norwegian Bokmål), gå etter (Norwegian Bokmål), دنبال کردن (donbâl kardan) (Persian), تعقیب کردن (ta'qib kardan) (Persian), преследовать (presledovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ловить (lovitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), jaga (Swedish), följa efter (Swedish), kovalamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-go_after-en-verb-DlxJByiN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (after) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (after): 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to pursue in attempt to catch': 78 22
  2. To pursue an object or a goal. Translations (to pursue an object or goal): tavoitella (Finnish), seurata (Finnish), पीछे जाना (pīche jānā) (Hindi), पीछे पड़ना (pīche paṛnā) (Hindi), पीछे पड़ जाना (pīche paṛ jānā) (Hindi), dare la caccia (Italian), دنبال کردن (donbâl kardan) (Persian), преследовать (presledovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-go_after-en-verb-uL5KlQW5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (after) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (after): 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to pursue an object or goal': 28 72

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
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      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
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      "word": "gå etter"
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
      "word": "دنبال کردن"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ta'qib kardan",
      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
      "word": "تعقیب کردن"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "presledovatʹ",
      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
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      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
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      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
      "word": "jaga"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
      "word": "följa efter"
    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pursue in attempt to catch",
      "word": "kovalamak"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "tavoitella"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "seurata"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pīche jānā",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "पीछे जाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pīche paṛnā",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "पीछे पड़ना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pīche paṛ jānā",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "पीछे पड़ जाना"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "dare la caccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "donbâl kardan",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
      "word": "دنبال کردن"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "presledovatʹ",
      "sense": "to pursue an object or goal",
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      "word": "преследовать"
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