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)

To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
Don't try to come after me.
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
German: nachfolgen (de)
Greek: έπομαι (el) (épomai)
Italian: succedere (it)
Portuguese: suceder (pt)
Spanish: suceder (es)

Anagrams

aftercome, forcemeat

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