come after

English

Verb

come after (third-person singular simple present comes after, present participle coming after, simple past came after, past participle come after)

1. To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.

   Don't try to come after me.

2. To follow or succeed; to be the successor of.

   Who came after Richard the Lionheart?

Synonyms

• (pursue with hostile intent): chase, hunt, persecute, torment
• (be the successor of): follow on; see also Thesaurus:succeed

Translations

to pursue

Catalan: seguir (ca) French: suivre (fr) Galician: seguir (gl) German: nachstellen (de) Greek: καταδιώκω (el) (katadióko) Italian: seguire (it) Portuguese: seguir (pt) Russian: пресле́довать (ru) n (preslédovatʹ) Spanish: venir por

to succeed, to be the successor of

Catalan: succeir (ca) French: suivre (fr) Galician: seguir (gl), suceder (gl) German: nachfolgen (de) Greek: έπομαι (el) (épomai) Italian: succedere (it) Portuguese: suceder (pt) Spanish: suceder (es) Welsh: dod ar ôl

Anagrams

• aftercome, forcemeat