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Past tense for to set one's sights on acquiring or achieving something
Past tense for to move behind in the same direction
Past tense for to pursue in order to keep track of, or to apprehend, someone
Past tense for to speak or write about with great hostility
Past tense for to (attempt to) drum up support for
Past tense for to engage in a competition or contest
Past tense for to catch or stop (the ball) and return it
Past tense for to make an effort or attempt
Past tense for to occur or follow after, or as the consequence of, something
Past tense for to search (an area) for something, especially mineral deposits
Past tense for to (attempt to) physically reach or grab (something)
Past tense for to criticize or scold sternly
Past tense for to assault or attack (someone)
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Verb
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Past tense for to set one's sights on acquiring or achieving something
targeted
targetted
pursued
sought
aimed for
went for
sought out
tried for
went all-out for
strived for
strove for
aimed at
set your sights on
homed in on
worked towards
pushed towards
focused on
had as an objective
tried to obtain
had as a goal
worked toward
solicited
aspired to
courted
asked for
chose
selected
earmarked
attacked
picked out
decided on
singled out
fixed on
“I only meant to work in the oil district until I had the money to
go after
gold.”
Verb
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Past tense for to move behind in the same direction
followed
came behind
went along behind
went behind
tagged along behind
came after
went along after
tagged along after
kept up with
tagged after
tailgated
walked behind
brought up the rear
came
kept up
tagged along
trod on the heels of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to pursue in order to keep track of, or to apprehend, someone
followed
pursued
chased
tailed
tracked
trailed
shadowed
coursed
dogged
hounded
tagged
chased after
gave chase to
went in pursuit of
hunted down
ran after
ran down
rushed after
took off after
tracked down
kept pace with
kept up the pace with
dogged the footsteps of
stalked
hunted
bird-dogged
traced
haunted
chivied
gave chase
ran with
put a tail on
stagged
ran
chevied
shagged
sought
ambushed
menaced
drove
drave
approached
followed in hot pursuit
searched for
looked for
crept up on
heeled
flushed out
walked up to
came after
trod on the heels of
bedogged
surveilled
observed
watched
harried
kept watch on
accompanied
followed secretly
kept tabs on
spied on
kept a tab on
kept in sight
rid
harassed
rode
attended
badgered
plagued
kept an eye on
kept track of
lurked behind
lurked close by
lurked nearby
moved behind
prowled after
followed the trail of
watched over
played catch up
took out after
camped on the doorstep of
vamped
made eyes at
gave the come-on to
came on to
made romantic advances to
made up to
flirted with
run
run after
gone after
run down
given chase to
taken off after
gone in pursuit of
spoored
found
given chase
run with
put to flight
run to ground
driven
druv
investigated
scented
eyed
founden
fand
scouted
chased down
sought out
gunned for
followed on the heels of
kept under surveillance
located
tagged along
taken out after
strung along
followed on
hung back
lingered behind
come after
dug up
brought up the rear
poked along
followed a scent
run to earth
ferreted out
ran to ground
tagged along behind
smelt out
nosed out
ridden
ran to earth
trodden on the heels of
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Verb
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Past tense for to speak or write about with great hostility
inveighed
decried
condemned
declaimed
disparaged
admonished
castigated
criticised
UK
criticized
US
denounced
impugned
lambasted
lashed
railed
ranted
reviled
upbraided
vituperated
berated
blasted
censured
fulminated
recriminated
reproached
roasted
scolded
trashed
vilified
abused
blamed
denigrated
raged
scorched
stormed
bawled
expostulated
yapped
yelped
laid into
laid out
lay out
ripped into
sounded off
tongue-lashed
cracked down on
had at
let someone have it
worked over
inveighed against
jumped down one's throat
ran down
Verb
▲
Past tense for to (attempt to) drum up support for
canvassed
sought
attracted
solicited
obtained
petitioned
bade for
drummed up
appealed for
tried to obtain
made a pitch for
drummed up support
Verb
▲
Past tense for to engage in a competition or contest
rivalled
UK
rivaled
US
battled
contested
fought
contended
competed
confronted
opposed
vied
challenged
raced
rivalized
vied with
jockeyed for position
competed with
went up against
sought to displace
struggled
clashed
strove
strived
faced
grappled
encountered
wrestled
tussled
emulated
bid
crossed swords
locked horns
waged war
went for
went head to head
scrambled for
went for broke
put up with
put yourself forward
wrangled
jockeyed
sparred
tilted
jousted
fenced
tried
bandied
bade
collided
essayed
attempted
took on
struggled against
strove against
pitted oneself against
tried to beat
coped with
participated in
sought prize
matched wits
ran for
matched strength
pitched oneself against
went up against in contest
went for the gold
combated
combatted
scuffled
warred
met
skirmished
jostled
resisted
disputed
withstood
squabbled
pushed
ran
oppugned
controverted
tugged
coped
stood
litigated
joined battle
tangled with
had at
shot for
shot at
nominated yourself
dealt with
pushed for
knocked oneself out
went for jugular
went for it
made play for
gave your all
mixed it up with
gave all one's got
foughten
striven
run
gone after
gone for
gone head to head
gone for broke
given your all
gone for it
gone for jugular
given all one's got
brawled
attacked
feuded
engaged
scrapped
dueled
US
duelled
UK
come to blows
scrimmaged
quarreled
US
quarrelled
UK
tangled
countered
had a dust-up
exchanged blows
conflicted
altercated
argued
taken on
assaulted
matched
came to blows
had a punch-up
clashed with
campaigned
scrambled
disagreed
put up a fight
defied
competed against
done battle
did battle
played off
rowed
bickered
roughhoused
pitted
engaged in hostilities
skirmished with
come into conflict
had a set-to
contended with
campaigned against
engaged in conflict
locked antlers
crusaded
had a dispute
tackled
tourneyed
squared off
repelled
boxed
made war
had a fight
set upon
bucked
rassled
hit each other
cuffed
played
entered the lists
grappled with
fought for
scrapped with
engaged in combat
gone up against
put oneself forward for
bumped heads
mixed it up
carried on hostilities
fought like cat and dog
come to blows with
put up an argument
put in opposition
had a barney
put up a fight against
squared up
set to
had a scrap
set against
come up against
hit the campaign trail
set as rivals
stood up to
put yourself up for
gone to war
went to war
came into conflict
done battle with
did battle with
striven against
romped
took up arms
taken up arms
agitated
slugged
mounted an attack
had a row
worked
prest
lobbied
pressed
wrought
participated
traded punches
assailed
met head-on
hassled
come to grips
fought with
entered
outvied
surpassed
duked it out
manhandled
struck
defended
launched
swedged
stoushed
assaulted each other
stumped
messed
fought over
wrested with
waged war against
protected
scrimmaged with
warred against
traversed
attacked each other
punched each other
shot
bombarded
politicked
fought a duel
braved
sparred with
tasted battle
entered into combat with
mounted an attack on
vied for
battled for
struggled for
challenged for
contended for
competed for
broken a lance
broke a lance
quarreled with
objected to
questioned
matched yourself against
tussled for
tried for
stood for
exchanged blows with
brushed with
laid into
lit into
flared up
plied weapons
waged war on
tried to win
run for
argued with
slugged it out
started fighting
raised your fists
gone for the gold
beared arms
messed with
raced against
raced with
fought like Kilkenny cats
carried on war
took part
taken part
come to close quarters with
stood for election as
gone up against in contest
raised Cain
cut and thrusted
contended against
opposed action
joined battle with
rallied against
spared no effort
stood up and be counted against
chopped logic
made a stand against
tussled with
feuded with
took the field
contented against
kissed babies
tried to extinguish
flown in the face of
flew in the face of
fought against
taken the field
marched against
faced off against
came to blows with
tried to put out
conducted a war
dissented from
become involved
stood as a candidate for
setted your face against
rebelled against
came up against
faced down
butted heads
spoke
spake
spoken
came to grips
outdid
outdone
broke
broken
brake
shotten
begun battle with
battled with
began battle with
stricken
went for the jugular
gone for the jugular
went for each other
gone for each other
went the knuckle
bandied with
gone the knuckle
gone out
went out
taken up arms against
fallen on
fell on
took up arms against
argued against
taken all comers
took all comers
bandied words
became involved
taken up the gauntlet
took up the gauntlet
shaken hands
shook hands
rung doorbells
rang doorbells
took the field against
taken the field against
spoke against
spoken against
came to close quarters with
took issue with
took a stand against
taken issue with
taken a stand against
gone one on one with
gone toe to toe with
went one on one with
went eyeball to eyeball with
gone eyeball to eyeball with
went toe to toe with
gave battle to
given battle to
took part in a race
taken part in a race
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Verb
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Past tense for to catch or stop (the ball) and return it
fielded
retrieved
caught
returned
stopped
covered
fetched
threw back
picked up
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make an effort or attempt
tried
sought
assayed
attempted
aimed
endeavored
US
endeavoured
UK
strove
strived
essayed
struggled
undertook
aspired
labored
US
laboured
UK
ventured
worked
wrought
had a stab
had a whack
made an attempt
drove for
went for
shot for
went all out
knocked oneself out
lifted a finger
made a bid
vied for
bore down
bent over backwards
broke your neck
busted a gut
chipped away at
did all one can
did one's best
did your best
did your damnedest
exerted oneself
exerted yourself
fronted up
gave it a burl
gave it a fly
gave it your all
gave it your best shot
went for broke
went for it
had a bash
had a crack
had a go
had a shot
leaned over backwards
leant over backwards
made an all-out effort
made an effort
made a pass at
moved heaven and earth
pulled out all the stops
put yourself out
set out
took a crack at
took it on oneself
ruptured yourself
tried to
aimed to
aspired to
attempted to
sought to
strived to
strove to
tackled
risked
made a stab
gave something a whirl
gave something a go
taken a crack at
undertaken
driven for
gone for
given something a whirl
gone after
gone all out
done one's best
given something a go
sweat
toiled
strained
competed
contended
fought
pushed
scrambled
jockeyed
hustled
travailed
striven
had a go at
had a crack at
gone for broke
pegged away
broken your neck
sweated
slaved
done your damnedest
dug deep
dug away
spared no effort
tried hard
borne down
done your best
given it your all
offered
banged away
applied oneself
tried for
drudged
slogged
given it your best shot
had a stab at
dug deeper
beavered away
gone for it
made every effort
plowed
US
done all one can
scrabbled
jumped through hoops
moiled
left no stone unturned
drave
driven
foughten
druv
drove
took on
went for the jugular
done your utmost
taken on
given it a whirl
done all you can
ploughed
UK
did your utmost
fallen over backwards
went the limit
gave it a whirl
gone the limit
did all you can
gone for the jugular
fell over backwards
striven to
given it a burl
taken it on oneself
given it a fly
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to occur or follow after, or as the consequence of, something
supervened
followed
resulted
succeeded
issued
superseded
postdated
evolved
flowed
proceeded
derived
emanated
stemmed
sprang
sprung
supplanted
came after
came next
went next
followed on
came from
proceeded from
sprang from
sprung from
Verb
▲
Past tense for to search (an area) for something, especially mineral deposits
prospected
explored
searched
looked
sought
surveyed
hunted
inspected
probed
skirred
delved
dalf
dug
dowsed
drilled
examined
mined
panned
reconnoitered
US
reconnoitred
UK
scouted
sifted
investigated
checked out
went into
looked into
made a survey of
cast about
cast about for
cast round
cast around
cast around for
rummaged
foraged
pursued
ferreted
scoured
quested
ransacked
traced
rootled
drug
dragged
winnowed
chased down
rootled about
sought out
rootled around
ferreted about
ferreted around
foraged around
searched out
rooted about
foraged about
rummaged round
groped around
scoured around
rummaged about
looked high and low
ferreted out
rooted around
looked all over hell
looked for
searched high heaven
fished for
looked up
fished about
shopped for
nosed around
tracked down
rummaged around
fished around
foraged for
scratched around
tried to find
dolven
gone after
scavenged
fossicked
combed
scanned
searched for
fished
scouted out
fumbled
scrabbled
felt
chased
scrounged
groped
scratched about
fine-tooth-combed
looked around
hunted for
cast round for
nosed about
checked
rooted
floundered
discovered
patrolled
spied
poked
grubbed
grope
canvased
grabbled
trawled
waded
staked out
fingered
cased
burrowed
pioneered
pried
looked through
recce'd
recced
felt blindly
looked around for
looked round
looked about
nosed round
dug around
tried to track down
hunted around
run reconnaissance
looked up and down
quested for
looked round for
hunted down
rousted around
quested after
looked about for
poked around
scrounged around
gone into
went in search of
gone in search of
given something a going-over
gone over with a fine-tooth comb
gave something a look-see
given something a look-see
went over with a fine-tooth comb
gave the once-over
ran reconnaissance
given the once-over
gave something a going-over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to (attempt to) physically reach or grab (something)
went for
grabbed
seized
snatched
clutched
grasped
snagged
snared
took
wrested
collared
copped
grappled
hooked
netted
wrenched
gained
glommed
yanked
clutched at
laid hands on
laid hold of
grabbed hold of
stretched for
took hold of
got one's fingers on
clapp hands on
took a grip of
seized hold of
took by force
Verb
▲
Past tense for to criticize or scold sternly
rebuked
scolded
berated
admonished
castigated
denounced
reprimanded
reproached
upbraided
blasted
carpeted
lambasted
basted
censured
chastised
chid
chided
condemned
criticised
UK
criticized
US
rated
reproved
blamed
hammered
keelhauled
lectured
ragged
raked
rapped
reprehended
ripped
wigged
bollocked
flayed
jawed
rowed
scored
jawboned
monished
objurgated
fried
opposed
trimmed
trounced
zapped
told off
laid into
pulled up
remonstrated with
tore into
dressed down
railed against
railed at
ticked off
bawled out
chewed out
jumped on
pitched into
ranted at
reamed out
gave someone a bollocking
laced into
let someone have it
slapped down
tongue-lashed
blew up
gave a talking-to
hauled over the coals
had a go at
read the riot act
sounded off
tore apart
carped on
gave a rocket
gave someone a caning
jumped down one's throat
leaned on
called down
called on the carpet
came down on
gave someone a row
gave someone a wigging
took to task
climbed all over
gave someone a mouthful
rapped over the knuckles
gave someone a dressing-down
gave someone an earful
gave someone a roasting
gave someone a rollicking
gave someone a telling-off
gave someone hell
tore off a strip
gave someone a rating
gave someone what for
bit someone's head off
snapped someone's head off
Verb
▲
Past tense for to assault or attack (someone)
went for
attacked
assaulted
rushed
struck
beset
charged
besieged
sicced
blitzed
busted
hit
hat
assailed
set on
tore into
pitched into
hit out at
laced into
lashed out at
let fly at
got stuck into
lit into
set upon
launched an attack on
waded into
turned on
fell on
laid into
beat up
pounced on
let someone have it
descended on
descended upon
flew at
jumped on
launched oneself at
fell upon
went in on
had at
made an assault on
pounced upon
worked over
had a go at
roughed up
rushed at
sprang on
sprung on
duffed up
gave someone a beating
launched at
ran at
rushed upon
sprang at
sprung at
beat up on
beat the living daylights out of
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