chase
[cheys] verb, chased, chas·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
2.to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
3.to follow or devote one’s attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.: He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
4.to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
–verb (used without object)
5.to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
6.to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
–noun
7.the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
8.an object of pursuit; something chased.
9.Chiefly British . a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
10.British . the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
11.a steeplechase.
12.the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
—Verb phrase
13.give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
—Idiom
14.cut to the chase, Informal . to get to the main point.