give chase

1. 1.

   go after with the intent to catch

   “The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”

   “the dog chased the rabbit”

   Synonymschasechase aftertrailtailtagdoggo aftertrack

   Broaderpursue

   Narrowertreequesthoundrun down

Questions about give chase

What does give chase mean?

give chase means "go after with the intent to catch".

What is another word for give chase?

Close synonyms include chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give chase a common word?

give chase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.