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chased moonbeams

chased moonbeams is the simple past and past participle of chase moonbeams.

Meaning of chase moonbeams

Verb

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

  1. To waste time in a fruitless attempt.
    • The Guardian's housing specialist was outraged by Tom's conviction that the city was chasing moonbeams in applying for compulsory purchase orders to build two little Manchesters in Mobberley and Lymm.2009, Harold Evans, My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times: An Autobiography

Questions about chased moonbeams

What is chased moonbeams the simple past and past participle of?
Chased moonbeams is the simple past and past participle of chase moonbeams.

Words near chased moonbeams in the dictionary

  1. chased
  2. chased a rainbow
  3. chased after
  4. chased away
  5. chased down
  6. chased moonbeams
  7. chased off
  8. chased one's tail
  9. chased pennies with dollars
  10. chased rainbows
  11. chased shadows

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