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)

Anagrams

• aftercome, forcemeat