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seek
To try; endeavor:
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  1. To try; endeavor:
  2. To try to find; search for; look for
  3. To try to locate or discover; search for:
hound
To pressure or force from a place or situation:
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  1. To pressure or force from a place or situation:
  2. To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
  3. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
track
To assign (a student) to a curricular track.
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  1. To assign (a student) to a curricular track.
  2. (Film) To track a moving object
  3. To leave marks made of (dirt or mud, for example) on a surface:
track down
(Idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
dog
To follow, hunt, or track down doggedly
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  1. To follow, hunt, or track down doggedly
  2. To track or trail persistently:
  3. To hold or secure with a mechanical dog
shadow
To make gloomy or troubled, especially over time:
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  1. To make gloomy or troubled, especially over time:
  2. To shelter; protect
  3. To stay close to or follow, esp. in secret, so as to observe the movements and activities of
give-chase
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To chase or pursue a person.
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  1. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To chase or pursue a person.
stalk
To follow or pursue (another person) persistently in a harassing and, typically, obsessive way
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  1. To follow or pursue (another person) persistently in a harassing and, typically, obsessive way
  2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
  3. To track prey or quarry.
run after
To make a determined effort to win someone's affections.
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  1. To make a determined effort to win someone's affections.
  2. To chase.
get-after
To attempt to convince another to move into action.
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  1. To attempt to convince another to move into action.
trail
To move, walk, go along, etc. wearily, heavily, or slowly; crawl; drag
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  1. To move, walk, go along, etc. wearily, heavily, or slowly; crawl; drag
  2. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
  3. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground:
fish-out
(Idiomatic) To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container).
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  1. (Idiomatic) To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container).
  2. To deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water.
scout-out
To track down, to find by searching
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  1. To track down, to find by searching
  2. To search, to look for
follow up
To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.
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  1. To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.
ask-for
To request
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  1. To request
  2. (Idiomatic) To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite.
attempt
To make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor
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  1. To make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor
  2. (Archaic) To try to seize or get control of by attacking.
  3. To try to perform, make, or achieve:
persevere
To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.
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  1. To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.
  2. To continue in some effort, course of action, etc. in spite of difficulty, opposition, etc.; be steadfast in purpose; persist
proceed
To begin to carry on an action or a process:
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  1. To begin to carry on an action or a process:
  2. To go forward or onward, especially after an interruption; continue:
  3. To come from a source; originate or issue:
follow up
To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.
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  1. To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.
chase
To follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
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  1. To follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
  2. (Baseball) To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.
  3. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt:
run after
To make a determined effort to win someone's affections.
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  1. To make a determined effort to win someone's affections.
  2. To chase.
follow up
To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.
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  1. To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.
practice
To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly:
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  1. To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly:
  2. To work at, especially as a profession:
  3. To teach or train through practice; exercise
lead
To play a principal or guiding role in:
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  1. To play a principal or guiding role in:
  2. To pass or go through; live:
  3. To direct the performance or activities of:
live
To remain in human memory:
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  1. To remain in human memory:
  2. To go through; experience:
  3. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life:
pass
To pronounce; utter:
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  1. To pronounce; utter:
  2. To cause or allow to go through a trial, test, or examination successfully:
  3. To cause or allow to stand approved; ratify; sanction; enact; approve
court
(Zool.) To engage in the instinctive behavior necessary to attracting (another) as a mate
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  1. (Zool.) To engage in the instinctive behavior necessary to attracting (another) as a mate
  2. To try to gain the love or affections of, especially to seek to marry.
  3. To behave so as to invite or incur:
spark
To set in motion; activate:
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  1. To set in motion; activate:
  2. To court a woman or women.
  3. To woo, court.
woo
To make entreaty
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  1. To make entreaty
  2. To seek the affection of (someone, especially a woman) with the intent to marry or begin a romantic relationship.
  3. To try to get the love of; seek as a spouse; court
romance
(Informal) To make love; court; woo
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  1. (Informal) To make love; court; woo
  2. To court, woo, or try to arouse the romantic interest of.
  3. To seek to gain the favor of, as by flattery; court
Find another word for pursue. In this page you can discover 70 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pursue, like: seek, hound, track, track down, dog, shadow, search for, search out, give-chase, stalk and run after.

Sentence Examples

  • "You said there was a reason for them to pursue this?" he asked.

  • I really want to pursue this, but I don't know how.

  • If so, she didn't give him time to pursue anything else for the next three days.

  • In spite of his numerous engagements, Burnell found time to aggrandize his bishopric, to provide liberally for his nephews and other kinsmen, and to pursue his cherished but futile aim of founding a great family.

  • This was a relationship she might want to pursue if he wasn't involved in something illegal.

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