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go after

go after verb: to pursue in attempt to catch another.

Verb

go after (third-person singular simple present goes after, present participle going after, simple past went after, past participle gone after)

  1. To pursue in attempt to catch another.
    • The downed officer couldn't go after the criminal.
  2. To pursue an object or a goal.
    • In Little League, usually everyone goes after the ball.
    • Inspired, the scientist went right after the new idea.

go after meaning in Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian

go after in Hindi

to pursue in attempt to catch
पीछे जाना pīche jānā, पीछे पड़ना pīche paṛnā, पीछे पड़ जाना pīche paṛ jānā
to pursue an object or goal
पीछे जाना pīche jānā, पीछे पड़ना pīche paṛnā, पीछे पड़ जाना pīche paṛ jānā

go after in Sanskrit

to go after, pursue
गा gā, जिगाति jígāti
to go after , persecute
कालयति kāláyati
to go after, follow, accompany, adhere or be attached to
सचते sácate

go after in Persian

to pursue in attempt to catch
دنبال کردن donbâl kardan, تعقیب کردن ta'qib kardan
to pursue an object or goal
دنبال کردن donbâl kardan

Forms of go after

third-person singular presentgoes after
present participlegoing after
pastwent after
past participlegone after

Questions about go after

What does go after mean?
Go after means to pursue in attempt to catch another.
What is go after in Hindi?
Go after in Hindi is पीछे जाना (pīche jānā), पीछे पड़ना (pīche paṛnā), पीछे पड़ जाना (pīche paṛ jānā). See Go after meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is go after?
Go after is a verb.
What is the past tense of go after?
The past tense of go after is went after.

Words near go after in the dictionary

  1. go a-begging
  2. go about
  3. go about one's business
  4. go about one's day
  5. go about to
  6. go after
  7. go against
  8. go against the grain
  9. go ahead
  10. go ahead with
  11. go all around the houses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: go after (page history and authors); कालयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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