To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"

keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"

follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"