Synonyms for go after
go af·ter

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1. go after

   Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.

   Synonyms:
   accompany, attend, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, heed, imitate, obey, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed

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1. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, trackverb

   go after with the intent to catch

   "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

   Synonyms:
   give chase, quest for, traverse, pass over, chase after, cut through, cover, shack, chamfer, mark, get over, chase, drop back, cut across, tail, furrow, get across, trail, train, bob, get behind, label, dog, track, pursue, cross, tag, quest after, drag, dock, hang back, drop behind

2. quest for, go after, quest after, pursueverb

   go in search of or hunt for

   "pursue a hobby"

   Synonyms:
   give chase, act on, prosecute, chase after, follow up on, quest for, chase, dog, tail, engage, follow, trail, quest after, track, pursue, tag

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1. Benjamin Read:

   We continue to see evidence suggesting that operators are operating out of Iran, and going after targets that would be of interest to a government.

2. James Curran:

   The CDC... were part of the mistakes with the early problems with testing, and it seemed like after that, they weren't trusted as much.

3. Jesse Hunt:

   Even after their epic collapse in 2016, when you would think the Democrats would reconfigure and move to the middle, they still have far-left progressive candidates, democrats in the last cycle tried to make it a referendum on Trump. … They’ve tried that playbook before and failed.

4. Jonathan Fulton:

   We've been watching what Facebook does... and after( whistleblower Edward) Snowden... it's hard for them to say you can trust us because we're reliable, if we do it for liberal reasons and they do it for authoritarian reasons, it's not really a case to make here.

5. Harry Langdon/Getty Images:

   As soon as I talked to my doctor about it and really understood what the procedure was, I felt better, … It was so different than what any of us would think eye surgery would be like. I then relaxed after that. I couldn’t wait to get it fixed.