Engage and Follow

Engage

Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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Follow and engage are semantically related in pursue topic. In some cases you can use "Follow" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Follow verb - To come after in time.

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Engage and follow are semantically related in pursue topic. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Follow".

Nearby Words: following, follower, followed

link	engage link	follow link
man	engage man	follow man
group	engage group	follow group
time	engage time	follow time
Other words: way, target, player.

That's because they both use the Hydralisk's pathfinding subroutine, but are physically larger units, will engage and follow enemies as if they are air units, even thought they cant fly, and don't automatically disengage enemy units that they can no longer follow or see.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Strategy Games
Artistic License: Law Enforcement procedure - Police don't generally engage in high speed chases in city, better to just tail from a distance and have air support follow.

Source: Film / Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Mathias calls her out on her attempts to rationalize her decision, stating that she has chosen to follow the path of least resistance and that she should get used to describing it as evil Deep-Immersion Gaming: Whenever the characters engage in a tabletop roleplaying session.

Source: Webcomic / Dresden Codak

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