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wildgoose chase

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wild-goose chase

[wahyld-goos]
–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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