n
(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
v
(Polari) To seek; to search.
n
A sudden development or action to surprise an enemy.
n
(law) Synonym of hot pursuit
n
An ethnographic method involving meeting and walking with members of the community being studied.
n
(law) close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines.
n
Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
n
(obsolete) pursuit; harassment; persecution
n
(obsolete) A following after; close pursuit.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, dysphemistic) To cohabit as if husband and wife without being married.
adv
(also often "in midpursuit") While pursuing
v
Obsolete form of pursue. [(transitive, intransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.]
v
Obsolete form of pursue. [(transitive, intransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.]
n
Obsolete form of pursuit. [The act of pursuing.]
n
(obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.
v
Obsolete form of pursue. [(transitive, intransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.]
n
An expression or motion that purses.
n
A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
adv
With pursuit; so as to pursue or chase.
n
A curved modeled as the path of one object that chases ("pursues") another.
n
Obsolete form of pursuit. [The act of pursuing.]
n
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
n
(idiomatic) A candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon.
v
To accompany someone for leisure; to hang out.
n
(obsolete): The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
v
(transitive) To risk or offer.
n
A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
v
(informal) to win easily or by a large margin
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