Follow
Pursue
Pursue verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station
Follow is a synonym for pursue in engage in topic. You can use "Follow" instead a verb "Pursue", if it concerns topics such as activity, conduct, go, carry on. popular alternative
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- Will not pursue, chase, follow, track, shadow or ferret out anyone of level 5 or below.
Source: Hurricane of Euphemisms -
Moses was his best friend, and while their backstory does follow the events of the Book of Exodus, Ramesses does not pursue the Israelites upon seeing Moses part the Red Sea.
Source: Useful Notes / Ramses II -
Rather than follow him down the ship just flies over it and continues to pursue from above.
Source: Series / Firefly
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