run after

Meaning

1. Oxford71% of films

   to run to try to catch sb / sth

   You run after them, I'll cut them off.

2. Oxford14% of films

   to try to have a romantic or sexual relationship with sb

   You told me, you wanted to run after that girl.

In the movies · 13

• you can never catch it by running after it;The Crucible2014
• I begin running after you, while chanting,Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017
• And we'd all be running after him, "What? What?"Spielberg2017
• "What are you gonna do, Freddy, run after him?"Shazam!2019
• You run after them, I'll cut them off.My Fellow Americans1996
• You told me, you wanted to run after that girl.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• Oh, oh, run after that same peevish messenger, the county's man.Twelfth Night2012
• Humiliated. You did run away, after all.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004

Learn it in full scenes

• The Crucible2014
  • Parris Demands the Truth From Abigail
  • Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft
  • Abigail Threatens the Girls
• Spielberg2017
  • Spielberg Hides the Shark
  • Spielberg Takes the Camera
  • Spielberg Gets His Universal Contract
• My Fellow Americans1996
  • Golf Talk Turns Awkward
  • The Missing Appointment Log
  • Tanner Summons the Presidents

From the same entry

• come running
• run for it
• up and running
• a close - run thing
• hit the ground running
• run across
• run along
• run around with
• run at
• run away
• run away from
• run away with you