Runs after or pursues something or someone, typically trying to catch them.
From Old French 'chacier,' from Latin 'captare' (to catch or seize). The word traveled from Romance languages into English in the 1200s.
The 'chase' in 'chase scene' and 'chasing dreams' shows how the word extends metaphorically—humans love running-after stories so much that we apply the chase concept to abstract goals.
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