chase1
  
  v.
   - pursue in order to catch or catch up with.
- rush or cause to go in a specified direction.
- try to obtain (something owed or required). ▸
(chase something up)
 
(US chase something down)
 investigate an unresolved matter further. 
n.
  - an act of chasing.
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(the chase)
 hunting as a sport. ▸ Brit. (in place names) an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting: ![]()  Cannock Chase. 
Phrase
  
    
      - give chase
 go in pursuit.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. chacier (v.), chace (n.), based on L. captare ‘continue to take’, from capere ‘take’.
 
  
    
chase2
  
  v.
 
[
usu. as adj. chased]
 decorate (metal) by engraving or inlaying.
Etymology
  ME: appar. from earlier enchase, from OFr. enchasser (see enchase).
 
  
    
chase3
  
  n.
 (in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time.
Etymology
  C16: from Fr. châsse, from L. capsa (see case2).
 
  
    
chase4
  
  n.
  - the part of a gun enclosing the bore.
- a groove or furrow cut in the face of a wall or other surface to receive a pipe.
Etymology
  C17: from Fr. chas ‘enclosed space’.