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wild-goose chases

wild-goose chases is the plural of wild-goose chase.

Meaning of wild-goose chase

Noun

wild-goose chase (plural wild-goose chases)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.
    • I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them.

Questions about wild-goose chases

What is wild-goose chases the plural of?
Wild-goose chases is the plural of wild-goose chase.

Words near wild-goose chases in the dictionary

  1. wild-cat
  2. wild-cats
  3. wild-caught
  4. wild-eyed
  5. wild-goose chase
  6. wild-goose chases
  7. wild-goose plum
  8. wild-man
  9. wild-men
  10. wild-type
  11. wild-types

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