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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chase down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. to pursue and apprehend someone or something.
    • With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine. 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:
  2. (broadly) to investigate the cause of something

Forms

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chases down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chased down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chased down Tense=Past lexicographic
chasing down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic