Thesaurus / ran after
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synonyms for ran after
- go after
- seek
- 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
- bird-dog
- camp on the doorstep of
- give chase
- hunt down
- move behind
- nose around
- play catch up
- poke around
- prowl after
- run after
- run down
- scout out
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- take out after
- track down
- explore
- follow
- investigate
- pursue
- chase
- comb
- delve
- dragnet
- fan
- fish
- hunt
- inquire
- mouse
- nose
- prowl
- quest
- ransack
- root
- scout
- scratch
- be after
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bob for
- cast about
- delve for
- dig for
- ferret out
- fish for
- go after
- gun for
- leave no stone unturned
- look about
- look around
- look high and low
- run after
- search for
- search out
- sniff out
- track down
- cultivate
- pursue
- solicit
- address
- beg
- caress
- charm
- chase
- court
- date
- entreat
- importune
- propose
- rush
- spark
- spoon
- aim for
- bill and coo
- butter up
- curry favor
- go steady
- keep company
- make advances
- make love
- press one's suit with
- run after
- seek in marriage
- seek the hand of
- set one's cap for
- attract
- charm
- cultivate
- entice
- invite
- please
- praise
- propose
- pursue
- seek
- solicit
- sue
- woo
- allure
- beseech
- bid
- bootlick
- captivate
- chase
- date
- entreat
- flatter
- follow
- gallant
- grovel
- importune
- serenade
- spark
- spoon
- sweetheart
- ask in marriage
- curry favor
- go out with
- go steady
- go together
- go with
- keep company with
- make love to
- make overture
- make time with
- pander to
- pay addresses to
- pay court to
- pop the question
- run after
- seek the hand of
- set one's cap
- take out
- bolster
- cherish
- develop
- encourage
- enrich
- improve
- nourish
- promote
- refine
- advance
- ameliorate
- better
- civilize
- court
- discipline
- elevate
- foster
- further
- nurse
- nurture
- polish
- train
- bring on
- brown-nose
- butter up
- get in with
- get next to
- get on good side of
- play up to
- run after
- seek friendship
- shine up to
- suck up to
- take pains with
- accompany
- attend
- seek
- track
- catenate
- chase
- concatenate
- convoy
- dog
- draggle
- escort
- freeze
- hound
- hunt
- persecute
- search
- shadow
- shag
- spook
- stalk
- tag
- tail
- tailgate
- bring up the rear
- come with
- dog the footsteps of
- give chase
- go after
- go with
- onto
- put a tail on
- run after
- run down
- schlepp along
- stick to
- string along
- tag after
- tag along
- take out after
antonyms for ran after
MOST RELEVANT
- neglect
- ignore
- leave alone
- let go
- run away
- avoid
- disregard
- go before
- lead
- misunderstand
- pass over
- precede
- scorn
- shun
- slight
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use ran after in a sentence
Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMNearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYSome of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThey ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTHe was holding his big head high in the air, like a giraffe, and gazing proudly about him as he ran.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThis road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNJuan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSAs soon as he was in it Squinty ran over to the trough, hoping there would be some sour milk in it.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMWas she merely an egoist—it ran in the family—or did it conceal much that she had no intention of revealing?
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThere were only seventeen stations on the whole line, over which the first passenger train ran on Sept. 17.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL