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View synonyms for hare and hounds
hare and hounds
noun
- an outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point.
hare and hounds
noun
- functioning as singular a game in which certain players ( hares ) run across country scattering pieces of paper that the other players ( hounds ) follow in an attempt to catch the hares
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Origin of hare and hounds1
First recorded in 1835–45
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