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in full cry

in full cry prepositional phrase: of a pack of hunting dogs: baying together while in active pursuit of quarry.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of a pack of hunting dogs: baying together while in active pursuit of quarry.
    • "I started straight for the Sukkestad-moor and had scarcely let the hounds loose, before they found scent and were soon in full cry."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 76

Questions about in full cry

What does in full cry mean?
In full cry means of a pack of hunting dogs: baying together while in active pursuit of quarry.
What part of speech is in full cry?
In full cry is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in full cry in the dictionary

  1. in fruit
  2. in full
  3. in full aspect
  4. in full chase
  5. in full course
  6. in full cry
  7. in full effect
  8. in full feather
  9. in full fig
  10. in full flow
  11. in full force

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