come after
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]come after (third-person singular simple present comes after, present participle coming after, simple past came after, past participle come after)
- To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- Don't try to come after me.
- To follow or succeed; to be the successor of.
- Who came after Richard the Lionheart?
Synonyms
[edit]- (pursue with hostile intent): chase, hunt, persecute, torment
- (be the successor of): follow on; see also Thesaurus:succeed
Translations
[edit]to pursue
to succeed, to be the successor of