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chasing a rainbow

chasing a rainbow is the present participle and gerund of chase a rainbow.

Meaning of chase a rainbow

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible.

Questions about chasing a rainbow

What is chasing a rainbow the present participle and gerund of?
Chasing a rainbow is the present participle and gerund of chase a rainbow.

Words near chasing a rainbow in the dictionary

  1. chasil
  2. chasils
  3. Chasimba
  4. chasin'
  5. chasing
  6. chasing a rainbow
  7. chasing after
  8. chasing away
  9. chasing down
  10. chasing moonbeams
  11. chasing off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chasing a rainbow (page history and authors); chase a rainbow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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