Past tense of chevy; to chase, harass, or drive someone in a pursuit.
From the ballad of Chevy Chase, a famous English-Scottish border raid, where 'chevy' became a verb meaning to chase or pursue with persistence and aggression.
The word comes from an actual historical skirmish in the 1200s that was so famous it became a folk ballad—soon English speakers were using 'chevy' (or 'chivy') to describe anyone being relentlessly chased, and the literary reference stuck around for 700+ years.
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