go after
To pursue in attempt to catch anotherTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
» Tom is going to look after Mary.
Tom wird sich um Maria kümmern.
Том присмотрит за Мэри.
Том доглядатиме за Мері.
Meaning
2 sensesTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
The downed officer couldn't go after the criminal.
преследоватьpresledovatʹ, ловитьlovitʹ
go after with the intent to catch
To pursue an object or a goal.
In Little League, usually everyone goes after the ball.
Inspired, the scientist went right after the new idea.
преследоватьpresledovatʹ
Examples
393 sentencesTom is going to look after Mary.
Том доглядатиме за Мері.
ruТом присмотрит за Мэри.
deTom wird sich um Maria kümmern.
I think I will go to London after finishing high school.
Я думаю, після закінчення школи я вирушу до Лондона.
Don't go out after dark.
Не ходи надвір після заходу сонця.
ruНе выходи на улицу после наступления темноты.
deGeh nicht nach Anbruch der Dunkelheit aus dem Haus.
Tom went there after school.
Том пішов туди після уроків.
ruТом пошел туда после школы.
deTom ist nach der Schule dorthin gegangen.
Tom went to bed after supper.
Після вечері Том пішов спати.
ruТом лёг спать после ужина.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
goes after, going after, went after, gone after| Base form | go after · to go after |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes after |
| Present participle | going after |
| Past simple | went after |
| Past participle | gone after |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- go upпіднятися, підніматисяTo move upwards.
- go offслужити, обслуговуватиTo explode.
- go outвийти, виходитиTo leave, especially a building.
- go onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo continue in extent.
- go downспуститися, спускатисяTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go backповертатисяTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- go overперевірити, перевірятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
- go awayвід'їхати, від'їжджатиTo depart or leave a place.
More 8
- go afterстежити, слідкуватиTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go forсподіватися, надіятисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- go throughзрозуміти, розумітиTo travel from one end of something to the other.
- go aboutнаблизитися, наближатисяTo busy oneself with.
- go withу /в мене, матиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- go byвикористовувати, використатиTo pass or go past without much interaction.
- go aheadTo proceed with; to begin.
- go roundTo physically swirl or rotate.
Synonyms
11 synonyms- go in search of or hunt for:quest forquest afterpursue
- go after with the intent to catch:chasechase aftertrailtailtaggive chasedogtrack
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb