chase up

Meaning

1. 1

   chase sb up

   to contact sb in order to remind them to do sth that they should have done already

   We need to chase up all members who have not yet paid.

2. 2

   chase sth up

   to find sth that is needed; to deal with sth that has been forgotten

   My job was to chase up late replies.

In the movies · 4

• ...so you chase up the Daggett leads any way you can.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Come on. Somebody must've chased him up there.Tremors1990
• Still, I ended up chasing a truck.Runaway Bride1999
• And then a shadow chases him up and down a hill.Spellbound1945

From the same entry

• chase your tail
• chase away, off, out
• cut to the chase
• give chase