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wild'-goose' chase"



Pronunciation: (wīld'gOOs'), [key]
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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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