chase someone or something around

chase someone or something around
chase someone or something around
to follow someone or something around in pursuit. (There is an implication that the person or thing pursued is attempting to elude whatever is in pursuit.) •

The dog chased us around in play.

It chased around all the children.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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