jít po

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jiːt po]

Verb

jít po

  1. (idiomatic) go after, to pursue someone in an attempt to get them.
    • 2016, Miroslav Jindra, Hlava XXII, translation of Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, →ISBN, page 196:
      To bylo to tajemství, které vyhrklo ze Snowdena tehdy za náletu na Avignon – ti všichni lidé šli po něm.
      That was the secret Snowden had spilled to him on the mission to Avignon – they were out to get him.
  2. (idiomatic) go after, to pursue an object or a goal
    • 2013, Jan Žáček; Týna Daňková, Zběsilá bezmoc, Praha: Fragment, →ISBN, page 68:
      [] šel po penězích. Bezohledně.
      [] he went after money. Ruthlessly.
  3. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see jít, po.
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