come after

come after
verb
1. come after in time, as a result (Freq. 2)
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A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake

• Syn: ↑follow
• Hypernyms: ↑result, ↑ensue
• Verb Group: ↑postdate, ↑follow
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

2. be the successor (of)
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Carter followed Ford

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Will Charles succeed to the throne?

• Syn: ↑succeed, ↑follow
• Ant: ↑precede (for: ↑succeed)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑successive (for: ↑succeed), ↑succession (for: ↑succeed), ↑successor (for: ↑succeed)
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

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ˌcome ˈafter [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they come after he/she/it comes after present participle coming after past tense came after past participle come after] phrasal verb
to try to find or catch someone, usually in order to punish or harm them
Thesaurus: to chase someonesynonym
Main entry: come

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come after [phrasal verb]
come after (someone) : to chase (someone) : to try to find or capture (someone you want to hurt or punish)

They're worried that the government might be coming after them.

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Main Entry: ↑come

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • come after — index accede (succeed), ensue, succeed (follow) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • come after — verb a) to pursue, follow Dont try to come after me. b) to follow, to succeed, to be the successor of Who came after Richard the Lionheart? …   Wiktionary

  • come after somebody — ˌcome ˈafter sb derived no passive to chase or follow sb Main entry: ↑comederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • come after — arrive so as to take, go after …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • ˌcome ˈafter sb — phrasal verb to try to find or catch someone, in order to punish or harm them …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Come — Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Come — Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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