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prowl after

VERB

pursue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

go after seek

STRONG

accompany attend badger bait bug chivy dog fish harass harry haunt hound hunt oppress persevere persist plague ride shadow stalk tag tail trace track trail

WEAK

bird-dog camp on the doorstep of give chase hunt down move behind nose around play catch up poke around run after run down scout out search for search high heaven search out take out after track down

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist be lazy give up help ignore leave leave alone let go neglect quit run away stop support

WEAK

discontinue eschew retreat shun

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prowl after

A little shopping being in order, Evan took himself off in the morning, leaving Miss Lavinia and me to prowl, after we had promised to meet him at a downtown restaurant at one.

From People of the Whirlpool by Mabel Osgood Wright

"It is better to conceal this; and lest dogs should prowl after it, and it should be found out, when you have read this letter, tear it up."

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck

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