Synonyms of runs after

runs after

phrase

present tense third-person singular of run after

as in tracks

to go after or on the track of

She ran after the puppy that escaped from the yard.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tracks
• pursues
• chases
• follows
• escorts
• accompanies
• traces
• dogs
• courses
• trails
• bird-dogs
• shadows
• tails
• hounds
• tags
• runs
• watches
• searches (for)
• seeks
• eyes
• hunts
• observes
• chaperones

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leads
• guides
• heads
• pilots

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of runs after

Sale was charged three runs after leaving with one out in the seventh. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 Sep. 2026

In the second inning, Cleveland scored four unearned runs after Witt made an uncharacteristic error at shortstop. — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

By the close, the hosts already enjoyed a lead of 23 runs after winning the toss and bowling Pakistan out early in the afternoon session. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The Honda continues down the street and crashes into a parked car, as Good’s wife, Becca Good, who was recording the altercation, runs after it. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Flores and Lewis ignited a rally in a series of runs after trailing 12-2 in the second set. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Tempe Tran continued his outstanding tournament with an RBI single in the fourth, and SVLL tacked on three more runs after Isaac Ramirez and Tran both scored on wild pitches. — Dennis Pope, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Anthropic reviewed more than 141,000 cybersecurity evaluation runs after the Hugging Face disclosure and identified three cases in which its own Claude models reached real systems during cyber tests. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The Little League Softball run-rule ends a game when there is a 10-run margin after four innings, or 15 runs after three innings. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026