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chase (up)

/tʃeɪs ʌp/

A2CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Business verb

To follow up with someone in order to get a response or move an outstanding item forward.

I still haven't had the sign-off, so I'll chase up finance again this afternoon.

Similar: follow up, pursue

Topic: Business email & meetings in Business English

Business verb

To remind someone about an outstanding task or request in order to speed it up.

Can you chase up Finance about the invoice that was due last week?

Similar: follow up, pursue, prompt

Topic: Workplace communication in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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