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chase up

chase up verb: to follow up, so as to ensure completion.

Verb

chase up (third-person singular simple present chases up, present participle chasing up, simple past and past participle chased up)

  1. (New Zealand, UK, transitive) To follow up, so as to ensure completion.
    • Could you chase up last month's invoices?
    • The band chased the video up with an acoustic redux of the track, as well as performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Macy’s annual Fourth Of July Spectacular in New York.2021 July 23, Ellie Robinson, “Coldplay shoot for the stars with their cinematic new track ‘Coloratura’”, in NME

Forms of chase up

third-person singular presentchases up
present participlechasing up
past participlechased up
pastchased up

Questions about chase up

What does chase up mean?
Chase up means to follow up, so as to ensure completion.
What part of speech is chase up?
Chase up is a verb.
What is the past tense of chase up?
The past tense of chase up is chased up.

Words near chase up in the dictionary

  1. chase shadows
  2. chase skirt
  3. chase tail
  4. chase the ace
  5. chase the dragon
  6. chase up
  7. chase vehicle
  8. chase vehicles
  9. chaseable
  10. chased
  11. chased a rainbow

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