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chasing moonbeams

chasing moonbeams is the present participle and gerund 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 chasing moonbeams

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

Words near chasing moonbeams in the dictionary

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

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