Usually means: Pursue someone or something swiftly.
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  1. run after: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run after: Merriam-Webster
  3. run after: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run after: Collins English Dictionary
  5. run after: Wiktionary
  6. run after: Dictionary.com
  7. run after: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run after: Legal dictionary

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  1. run after: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run after)

verb:  To follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
verb:  To make a determined effort to win someone's affections or to have a sexual relationship with them.
verb:  To endeavour to find or obtain.
verb:  (obsolete) To seek the company or assistance of; to frequent; to consult (someone).
verb:  (obsolete) To seek to participate in, devote oneself to (something).
verb:  (archaic, passive voice) To be well-liked and much admired.

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