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wild-goose chase

  [wahyld-goos]
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–noun
1. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
2. any senseless pursuit of an object or end; a hopeless enterprise: Her scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase.
Origin:
1585–95
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Wild Goose Chase
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wild-goose chase   (wīld'gōōs')
n.  A futile pursuit or search.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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