run after (someone)

to try to get the attention or love of someone.

He's about to make a fool of himself, running after a married woman.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of run after someone or something (= to chase someone or something)

• Go take a running jump!
• Go tell it to the marines.
• Go tell that to the marines.
• go the distance
• go the extra mile
• go the full distance
• go the whole hog
• go the whole nine yards
• go thin on top
• go through
• go through fire and water
• go through hell
• go through hoops
• go through like a dose of salts
• go through like a hot knife through butter
• go through like a knife through butter
• go through someone like a dose of salts
• go through something like a dose of salts
• go through something like a hot knife through butter
• go through something like a knife through butter
• go through the floor
• go through the mill
• go through the motions
• go through the roof
• go through the wringer