goes after
Targets for capture
Goes after means to pursue or chase.
Someone goes after a fleeing suspect, a loose ball, or a promotion.
The phrase often implies aggressive intent: The prosecutor really went after the witness during cross-examination.
To go after something can simply mean to seek it: She's going after a master's degree.
- chasesFollows trying to catch
- pursuesActively seeks out
- in pursuitFollowing to catch
- followsComes after another
- hot on the trailActively closing in
subsequent · next · stalk · hunt · aspire · long for · strive · shadow · trailing · track · sniff out · attempt · endeavor · seek · ensuing · search · later · succeeding
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
pursuit/avoidance
goes afteravoids
Deliberately stays away from
evades · keeps away from · abandons · ignores · leaves alone
temporal/sequential order
goes aftercomes before
Happens earlier than
precedes · leads · comes first · antecedes