catch | ~ up, mengejar; (in work, progress) mengejar kemajuan; ~ so. up, a. reach so. who is walking or running ahead of one, menyaingi sso: I had to run to ~ him up, saya terpaksa berlari utk menyainginya; b. reach the same standard as so. is, mengejar sso: our competitor in the business is too far ahead of us; we won’t be able to ~ them up yet, pesaing kita dlm perniagaan ini terlalu maju berbanding dgn kita; kita tdk mungkin dapat mengejar mereka lagi; ~ (st) up, a. seize st hurriedly, menyambar sst: she caught up the package and ran off with it, dia menyambar bungkusan itu dan membawanya lari; b. trap st, sst tersangkut: her scarf was caught up in the spokes of the bicycle, selendangnya tersangkut pd jejari basikal; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
go | ~ after, (lit. & fig.) mengejar: the police went after the thieves, polis mengejar pencuri-pencuri itu; some women ~ after glamorous jobs, sesetengah wanita mengejar pekerjaan yg glamor; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
chasel | ~ after, mengejar: the children ~d after the procession, kanak-kanak mengejar perarakan itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
catch | ~ up with /so., st/, mengejar /sso, sst/; (in work, progress) mengejar kemajuan /sso, sst/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
work | ~ against time, bekerja mengejar masa: we’re ~ing against time with this job, kami bekerja mengejar masa menyiapkan kerja ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
time | against ~, mengejar masa: they are working against ~ to repair the dykes before the river rises futher, mereka bekerja mengejar masa utk membaiki bendungan sebelum air sungai naik lagi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
run | 4. chase, hunt, memburu, mengejar: the huntsmen ran the fox to earth, pemburu-pemburu mengejar musang itu sampai dapat; 5. cause water to flow, a. (to fill bath, bowl, etc) menakung: please ~ a bath for me, tolong takung air utk saya mandi; ~ the water into the basin, takung air dlm besen; b. (from a tap) membuka: you must not ~ the hot tap for too long as our hot water supply is limited, kamu tdk harus membuka paip air panas terlalu lama krn bekalan air panas kita terhad; 6. nominate for an office, mempertandingkan: the party ran forty candidates in the election, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
after | b. (st) mengejar, memburu; (when object is not specified) mahu akan: the hounds were ~ the fox, anjing-anjing pemburu itu mengejar rubah; wealth and power are what he is ~, yg dikejarnya ialah kekayaan dan kekuasaan; they are both ~ the same thing, mereka berdua mahu akan benda yg sama; 6. concerning, tentang: to ask ~ so’s health, bertanya tentang kesihatan sso; she enquired ~ you, dia bertanya tentang kamu; 7. subsequent to, berikutan, selepas: ~ what she has done, I refuse to help her, berikutan perbuatan itu, saya tdk mahu menolongnya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
track | on so’s ~, mengejar: if you pick those apples you’ll have the farmer on your ~s, kalau kamu memetik buah epal itu, tuan punya kebun akan mengejar kamu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
rat race | n (colloq) berlumba-lumba mengejar + approp n: we are all living in the ~, kita semua hidup berlumba-lumba mengejar kejayaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |