chase up

verb

To follow up, so as to ensure completion.

“Could you chase up last month's invoices?”

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Meanings

verbchase up (third-person singular simple present chases up, present participle chasing up, simple past and past participle chased up)

present singular third person chases up · participle present chasing up · participle past chased up · past chased up

  1. New ZealandUKtransitiveTo follow up, so as to ensure completion.

    Could you chase up last month's invoices?

    1 more example

    The band chased the video up with an acoustic redux of the track, as well as performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Macy’s annual Fourth Of July Spectacular in New York.

    2021 July 23, Ellie Robinson, “Coldplay shoot for the stars with their cinematic new track ‘Coloratura’”, in NME

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
follow up
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APA

chase up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chase%20up

MLA

“chase up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chase%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chase up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chase%20up.

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