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Phrase(s): go after someone
to investigate someone or something for possible criminal prosecution. • The prosecutor went after Max first, knowing that Max was the gang leader. • The police detectives went after the whole gang., Phrase(s): go after someone , something, or an animal
1. Lit. to pursue someone, something, or an animal. (See also go after someone.) • The dogs went after the burglar. • I went after the gang that took my wallet. 2. Fig. to charge or attack someone or an animal. • The bear went after the hunters and scared them off. • Then the bear went after the hunting dogs and killed two.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Pursue, try to get, as in The officer went after the burglar, or Ed was going after a new job with a vengeance. [Mid-1400s]
American Heritage Idioms