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RELATED WORDS : accessory after the fact after after a fashion after all after damp after hours after part be after chase after come after come and go day after day go go a long way go about go across go against go ahead go all out go along go along with go around go around in circles go astray go at go away go back go back on go back over go bad go ballistic go before go between go beyond go board go by go deep go down go down on go dutch go far go fish go for go for broke go forth go forward go game go getter go go go home go in go in for go in with go into go off go off at half-cock go off half cocked go off half-cocked go on go on and on go one better go out go over go over big go overboard go past go places go slow go steady go straight go the limit go through go through the motions go to go to bed go to extremes go to great lengths go to it go to pieces go to pot go to sleep go to the dogs go to town go to war go together go too far go under go up go up in smoke go with go without saying go wrong have a go have a go at it hide and go seek lech after let go let go of let it go letting go life after death look after lust after no go on the go one after another point after point after touchdown quest after run after see after sentry go sought after take after touch and go week after week

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb go after has 2 senses

• go after(v = verb.motion) chase, chase after, dog, give chase, tag, tail, track, trail - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
is one way to follow, pursue
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot go after Sue

• go after(v = verb.contact) pursue, quest after, quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"
is one way to look for, search, seek
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

THESAURUS

go after

attend, bedog, bring, bring back, c, call for, chase, chase after, chivy, come after, come behind, come on, displace, dog, emanate, ensue, fetch, fetch and carry, follow, follow after, follow up, get, give chase, go and get, go behind, go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, heel, hollo after, hound, hunt, inherit, issue, make after, move behind, obtain, overtake, pick up, procure, prosecute, pursue, quest, quest after, raise the hunt, replace, result, retrieve, run after, search, secure, seek, seek out, shadow, shag, string along, succeed, supervene, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, tailgate, take out after, track, trail, trail after, tread close upon

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go after

Posteriority

VB follow after, come after, go after, succeed, supervene, ensue, occur, step into the shoes of.

Sequence

VB succeed, come after, come on, come next, follow, ensue, step into the shoes of, alternate, place after, suffix, append, follow, pursue, go after, fly after, attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog, tread in the steps of, tread close upon, be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of, follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of, tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of, camp on the trail.

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