come after
phrasal verb
came after; come after; coming after; comes after
: to chase (someone) : to try to find or capture (someone you want to hurt or punish)
They're worried that the government might be coming after them.
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This all comes after reports that Urban has already moved on.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Oct. 2025
Herbert’s basketball heroics come after a dominant performance on the football field.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The pork jerky recall comes after more than 1,000 pounds of Ada Valley frozen ground beef were recalled in July after pieces of metal were also reportedly found in the product, according to the FSIS.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Instead of being a follow-up to Halloween II, though, this movie asks us to ignore everything that came after the original and treat this work as the one true successor.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Oct. 2025
Herbert’s basketball heroics come after a dominant performance on the football field.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The pork jerky recall comes after more than 1,000 pounds of Ada Valley frozen ground beef were recalled in July after pieces of metal were also reportedly found in the product, according to the FSIS.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Instead of being a follow-up to Halloween II, though, this movie asks us to ignore everything that came after the original and treat this work as the one true successor.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for come after
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“Come after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20after. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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