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| come after |
| 1. v. To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent. |
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| Don't try to come after me. |
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| 2. v. To follow or succeed; to be the successor of. |
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| Who came after Richard the Lionheart? |
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| Analysis |
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| come |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to. |
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| She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes... |
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| 2. v. To move towards the speaker. |
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| I called the dog, but she wouldn't come. |
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| Stop dawdling and come here! |
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| after |
| 1. adv. Behind; later in time; following. |
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| They lived happily ever after. |
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| I left the room, and the dog bounded after. |
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| 2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than. |
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| We had a few beers after the game. |
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