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fresh pursuit

fresh pursuit noun: synonym of hot pursuit.

Noun

fresh pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural fresh pursuits)

  1. Synonym of hot pursuit.
    • Where any person who falls under one of the following items is clearly deemed to have committed an offense a short time before, he/she shall be deemed a flagrant offender: (i) A person being engaged in fresh pursuit […]1948, The Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan, article 212
    Synonyms:
    hot pursuit

Synonyms of fresh pursuit

Forms of fresh pursuit

pluralfresh pursuits

Questions about fresh pursuit

What does fresh pursuit mean?
Fresh pursuit means synonym of hot pursuit.
What part of speech is fresh pursuit?
Fresh pursuit is a noun.
What is the plural of fresh pursuit?
The plural of fresh pursuit is fresh pursuits.

Words near fresh pursuit in the dictionary

  1. fresh meat
  2. fresh off the boat
  3. fresh out of
  4. fresh pair of eyes
  5. Fresh Pond
  6. fresh pursuit
  7. fresh pursuits
  8. fresh start
  9. fresh starts
  10. fresh up
  11. fresh water

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