after

after idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with after, also see day after day; get after; go after; inquire after; keep after; live happily ever after; look after; morning after; name after; run after; see after; sought after; take after; throw good money after bad; time after time.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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