Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 20 compound words that contain chase. The most common are listed below. Open chase in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- cut to the chaseTo get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
- wild-goose chaseA futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.
- car chaseA chase, usually high-speed, between people in two or more cars or other vehicles, normally between the police or other law enforcement and an offender.
- foot chaseA chase or pursuit that takes place on foot (rather than, for example, in vehicles).
- chase the dragonTo inhale the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.
- Chase CountyOne of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Cottonwood Falls. Named after Salmon P. Chase.
- chase the aceA card game in which players try to avoid holding the lowest card, aces counting low.
- cuts to the chasethird-person singular simple present indicative of cut to the chase: To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
- paper chaseAlternative spelling of paperchase: A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
- diagram chaseA proof in stages, each of which, in general, depends on the previous stages and can be visualized by means of a diagram of morphisms.
- chase a rainbowTo pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible.
- Roseville ChaseA suburb of Sydney in the Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- chase gunA gun moved temporarily from its normal broadside position to fire through the chase ports in the bow or stern of a ship.
- chase gunsplural of chase gun: A gun moved temporarily from its normal broadside position to fire through the chase ports in the bow or stern of a ship.
- chase planeAn aircraft that flies alongside another, to advise or photograph it while experimental flights are being carried out.
- chase vehicleA non-competing vehicle that follows a competing vehicle to assist with repairs.
- devil chaseA musical instrument (idiophone) made from a split stalk of bamboo struck against a performer's hand, originating in South Asia.
- kiss chaseA children's game similar to tag, the object being for the person who is "it" to catch and kiss another of the participants, who then subsequently becomes "it".
- run chasethe situation in which the side batting last need to score a certain number of runs to win; the effort made by such a side to win
- St Ives ChaseA suburb of Sydney in the Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- Cannock ChaseAn area of countryside and former royal forest in Staffordshire, England.
- Ku-ring-gai ChaseA suburb of Sydney in the Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- Cranborne ChaseAn area of chalk downland in Dorset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire, England.
- chase offTo drive someone or something away.
- give chaseTo begin chasing or pursuing someone or something, whether on foot or by vehicle.
Compound words 20
- chaserSomething or someone who chases.
- steeplechaseA horse race, either across open country, or over an obstacle course.
- chaseytag (the children's game).
- paperchaseA cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
- chaseryChasing, engraved or embossed decoration.
- ChasetownA suburban village in Burntwood parish and Hammerwich parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0408).
- chaseeOne who is chased.
- forechaseThe front of a hunt; a first assault
- chasableCapable of being chased; fit for hunting.
- chaseworkchasing on metalwork