English

Verb

chase after someone

1. Used other than as an idiom: see chase,‎ after.
2. (idiomatic) To pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo.
   • 2002, Florence Whiteman Kaslow, Jeffrey J Magnavita, Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy, page 493:

     He began to tell her that he loved her, and he chased after her for six months