1 to chase

2 to pursue vigorously

1 progressively

2 step by step

1 gradually

1 deer

1 to banish

2 to deport

3 to send into exile

4 to be marooned

1 like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful

2 the crowd runs after trash

1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

1 making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)

2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details

1 smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure

2 all smiles

3 joy written across one's face