Oxford Dictionary English chase up phrasal verbphrasal verb Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsPhrasal Verbschase somebodyup Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsto contact somebody in order to remind them to do something that they should have done already We need to chase up all members who have not yet paid.chase somethingup (British English) (North American English chase somethingdown) Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsto find something that is needed; to deal with something that has been forgotten My job was to chase up late replies. oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com