#622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit —­ N. pursuit; pursuing &c. v.;
prosecution; pursuance; enterprise &c. (undertaking) 676; business &c. 625; adventure &c. (essay) 675; quest &c. (search) 461; scramble, hue and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt.
     chase, hunt, battue[obs3], race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing;
venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar[Geogloc:India].
     pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari[Geogloc:India], sportsman, Nimrod;
hound &c. 366. 
     V. pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt
after, prowl after; shadow; carry on &c. (do) 680; engage in &c. (undertake) 676; set about &c. (begin) 66; endeavor &c. 675; court &c. (request) 765 seek &c. (search) 461; aim at &c. (intention) 620; follow the trail &c. (trace) 461; fish for &c. (experiment) 463; press on &c. (haste) 684; run a race &c. (velocity) 274.
     chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels,
follow on the heels of, &c. (sequence) 281.
     rush upon; rush headlong &c. (violence) 173 ride full tilt at, run
full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.
     tread a path; take a course, hold- a course; shape one’s steps, direct
one’s steps, bend one’s steps, course; play a game; fight one’s way, elbow one’s way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one’s hobby. 
     Adj. pursuing &c. v.; in quest of &c. (inquiry) 461 in pursuit, in
full cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent. 
     Adv. in pursuance of &c. (intention) 620; after. 
     Int. tallyho! yoicks! soho[obs3]!

     #623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance. —­ N. abstention, abstinence;
for bearance[obs3]; refraining &c. v.; inaction &c. 681; neutrality.
     avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion &c. 893.
     avolation|, flight; escape &c. 671; retreat &c. 287; recoil &c. 277;
departure &c. 293; rejection &c. 610.
     shirker &c. v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate; maroon. 
     V. abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do &c. 681; maintain the
even tenor of one’s way.
     eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep
off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in.
     avoid, shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one’s
distance, keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way; evade, elude, turn away from; set one’s face against &c. (oppose) 708; deny oneself.
     shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil &c. 277; retire
&c. (recede) 287; flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to.
     beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one’s back; take to one’s heels;
runaway, run for one’s life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope;