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chase1 US English

pursue in order to catch or catch up with

chase2 US English

engrave (metal, or a design on metal)

chase3 US English

(in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time

chase4 US English

the part of a gun enclosing the bore

the chase in chase1 US English

hunting as a sport

Chase, Salmon P. US English

(1808–73), US chief justice 1864–73; full name Salmon Portland Chase. He served in the US Senate 1849–55, as governor of Ohio 1855–59, and as US secretary of the treasury 1861–64, during which time he established the national banking system and issued the first “greenbacks.”

Chase, Samuel US English

(1741–1811), US Supreme Court associate justice 1796–1811. A delegate to the Continental Congresses and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, he stressed national supremacy

Chevy Chase US English

a fashionable suburb north of Washington, DC, in Montgomery County in Maryland; population 9,381 (2000)

paper chase US English

the action of processing forms and other paperwork, especially when considered excessive

chase one's own tail in tail1 US English

rush around ineffectually

cut to the chase in cut US English

come to the point

wild goose chase US English

a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable

Smith, Margaret Chase US English

(1897–1995), US politician. A Republican from Maine, she was a member of the US House of Representatives 1940–1949 and a US senator 1949–73, making her the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress

Chevy Chase in chivvy (also chivy or chevy) US English

tell (someone) repeatedly to do something

Salmon Portland Chase in Chase, Salmon P. US English

(1808–73), US chief justice 1864–73; full name Salmon Portland Chase. He served in the US Senate 1849–55, as governor of Ohio 1855–59, and as US secretary of the treasury 1861–64, during which time he established the national banking system and issued the first “greenbacks.”

chase English-French

poursuite f

chase English-German

Verfolgungsjagd

chase English-Italian

inseguimento m

chase1 English-Spanish

persecución

chase2 English-Spanish

perseguir*

chase ˈup English-German

ausfindig machen

chase up English-Spanish

chase up this order for me, please

wild-goose chase English-French

it turned out to be a wild-goose chase

wild goose chase English-German

aussichtslose Suche

chase away English-Italian

cacciare via

chase off English-Italian

cacciare via

wild-goose chase English-Spanish

I'm not going into town again on another wild-goose chase

give chase in chase English-Italian

mettersi all'inseguimento

chase after sb./sth. in chase English-German

hinter jmdm./etw. herjagen

to chase after girls in chase2 English-Spanish

ir* detrás de las chicas

chase up this order for me, please in chase2 English-Spanish

averíguame qué pasó con este pedido, por favor

I'll have to chase him up about the report in chase2 English-Spanish

voy a tener que recordarle lo del informe

I'm not going into town again on another wild-goose chase in wild-goose chase English-Spanish

no pienso ir otra vez al centro a perder el tiempo para nada