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Phrase(s): chase someone or something up
to seek someone or something out; to look high and low for someone or something. • I will chase Tom up for you. • I will try to chase up a buyer for your car., Phrase(s): chase someone or something up something
to drive someone or an animal up something, such as a tree, a hill, a cliff, etc. • The ranchers chased the mountain lion up a tree. • The bull chased the rodeo clown up into the stands.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs