ASK AFTER: enquire about. A policeman came asking after you.
CHASE AFTER: run after in order to overtake. The policeman chased
after the thief.
CHASE AFTER: something wanted. It is no good to chase after money.
COME AFTER: happen later than the other thing. Spring came along the footpath.
GET AFTER: persue, try to catch a criminal. The police should get
after the offenders.
GO AFTER: chase somebody. A policeman went after the pickpocket.
GO AFTER: contradict.The rules go against the party's declared policy.
HUNGER AFTER: try to get that which you want so much, hanker after.
People hunger after money, power etc.
LOOK AFTER: to take care of. There was nobody to look after the child.
LUST AFTER: strongly attracted sexuallly, to desire something very
much. The lusted after foreign liqour.
RUN AFTER: chase and stop someone. Gita ran after the child, shouting at him.
RUN AFTER: try hard to achieve something. People run after money or power.
RUN AFTER: persuade somebody to have sexual and romantic relations.
Many ran after the actress but none succeeded.
SEND AFTER: ask some body to follow somebody else to tell him
something. I sent my servant after michel.
SOON AFTER: in a short time from now. She left for her home soon after
the meeting.
TAKE AFTER: resemble.She took after her grandmother.
ASPIRE TO/AFTER:be ambitious, to desire and try to achieve something.
Many aspire to be happy but only few have it.
HANKER AFTER/FOR:They hankered after a good bank balance.
JUST AFTER/BEFORE/OVER:only a short time after, before etc. The doctor
came in just after the patient had died.
LUMBER AFTER/ALONG/INTO:to move awkwardly. John was seen lumbering
into the corridor.
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