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chase shadows

chase shadows verb: to pursue something that is impossible to attain.

Verb

chase shadows (third-person singular simple present chases shadows, present participle chasing shadows, simple past and past participle chased shadows)

  1. To pursue something that is impossible to attain.

Forms of chase shadows

third-person singular presentchases shadows
present participlechasing shadows
past participlechased shadows
pastchased shadows

Questions about chase shadows

What does chase shadows mean?
Chase shadows means to pursue something that is impossible to attain.
What part of speech is chase shadows?
Chase shadows is a verb.
What is the past tense of chase shadows?
The past tense of chase shadows is chased shadows.

Words near chase shadows in the dictionary

  1. chase plane
  2. chase planes
  3. chase port
  4. chase ports
  5. chase rainbows
  6. chase shadows
  7. chase skirt
  8. chase tail
  9. chase the ace
  10. chase the dragon
  11. chase up

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