Date:  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:42:30 -0700

From:  Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: Phrase



Sounds like a possible British usage -- reversed from ours the way "It's

up to me" in America comes out "It's down to me" in Brit (df Rolling Stones).



On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Michael Elkins wrote:



> The following sentence was posted in a message on another list:

>

> Have we any garment-district editors who, like me, have nothing better

> to do than chase up ancient usages?

>

> Is anyone else familiar with this usage of "chase up"? For me, growing

> up in central Texas, it has always been "chase down."

>

> Michael Elkins, Managing Editor

> The Advocate, Los Angeles

> melkins[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]advocate.com

>