It has the meaning to try to reach [somebody/thing] or to pursue [somebody/thing].
Looking for someone or something or trying to find or get someone or something.
The police are after him.
They were after the Stanley Cup.
His mother is always after him to study.
If you say that someone or something is on their feet again after an illness or difficult period, you mean that they have recovered and are back to normal.
If you are beside yourself with a particular feeling or emotion, it is so strong that it makes you almost out of control.
He was beside himself with grief when she died.
Make efforts to achieve something, especially to be fair or helpful.
Use a lot of physical effort to do something.
Thanks for leaning over backwards at the conference. Everyone praised your cheerfulness and hard work.
You are unhealthy and unable to do a lot of physical activity without getting tired.
To be out of shape means to be in poor physical condition, because you do not exercise regularly.
I haven’t been to the gym all month, and I am getting really out of shape.
To be slightly ill or slightly unhappy.
I've been feeling tired and generally out of sorts.
Leave him alone, he's out of sorts today.
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