come after
phrasal verb
came after; come after; coming after; comes after
: to chase (someone) : to try to find or capture (someone you want to hurt or punish)
They're worried that the government might be coming after them.
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The latest incident comes after five horses belonging to the Household Cavalry — named Vida, Trojan, Quaker, Tennyson and Vanquish — ran through the British capital on the morning of April 24.
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Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
The motion, introduced on June 26 by Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield, comes after a protest in front of a synagogue in the mostly Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson turned violent, the latest in a series of clashes in the U.S. over the Israeli war in Gaza.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Revelations about the Mui meet come after FBI agents raided Greco’s two Bronx homes in February as part of a federal investigation.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
Based on those patterns, the model can take a short snippet of audio or a text prompt and predict what should come next, and then what comes after that, and so on.
—Adam Clair, Vox, 1 July 2024
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Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
The motion, introduced on June 26 by Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield, comes after a protest in front of a synagogue in the mostly Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson turned violent, the latest in a series of clashes in the U.S. over the Israeli war in Gaza.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Revelations about the Mui meet come after FBI agents raided Greco’s two Bronx homes in February as part of a federal investigation.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
Based on those patterns, the model can take a short snippet of audio or a text prompt and predict what should come next, and then what comes after that, and so on.
—Adam Clair, Vox, 1 July 2024
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“Come after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20after. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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