chivvy

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To subject to harassment or verbal abuse
To sneak up on or rapidly approach
To coerce, as by persistent request
To pursue as in a hunt

to chivvy the fox.

A goad
annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do. Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat! He chivvies the troops along with a few well-directed words. to try to make someone do something more quickly, especially in an annoying way chivvy sb along/up (Chevy Chase, place near the border between England and Scotland where a battle was fought in 1388)
{f} nag; pester somebody; annoy someone persistently
chivy
A hunt or chase
chivy
A hunting cry
chivied
{s} vexed or harassed with petty attacks
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{f} scurry; maneuver or secure gradually
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To maneuver or secure gradually
chivy
To scurry
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{i} chase or hunt; hunting cry
chivy
To vex or harass with petty attacks
chivy
annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
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To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch
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