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chase one's tailTo busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.Rate it:

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paper chaseThe effort to earn a diploma, college degree, personal certificate or license (as the necessary paperwork required [documents, assignments, forms, reports, applications] amasses a literal trail of paper)Rate it:

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Wild-Goose ChaseA useless hunt, a worthless chase, a futile search Rate it:

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wild-goose chaseA task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.Rate it:

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chase downTo investigate the cause of something.Rate it:

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chase downTo pursue and apprehend someone.Rate it:

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chase a rainbowTo pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible.Rate it:

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chase afterTo pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo.Rate it:

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chase afterTo chase someone.Rate it:

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chase awayto get rid ofRate it:

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chase backto chase back those sales lost in previous monthsRate it:

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chase offto make someone or something go awayRate it:

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chase rainbowsTo pursue unrealistic or fanciful goals.Rate it:

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chase tailPartner.Rate it:

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chase the dragonTo inhale the vapour from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.Rate it:

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chase the dragonTo chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.Rate it:

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chase upfollow upRate it:

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cut to the chaseTo get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.Rate it:

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Cut to the ChaseTo avoid procrastination or distractions and get to the point.Rate it:

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give chaseTo chase or pursue a person.Rate it:

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wild-goose chaseA futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy pursuit.Rate it:

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21 gun saluteA British / Colonial practice of firing 21 artillery pieces or rifles as a way of honouring someone / something.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo act or begin too soon or without due caution.Rate it:

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poachers gunA small bore shotgun hidden in a walking cane.Rate it:

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under the gunUnder great pressure to perform.Rate it:

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Quaker gunA nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.Rate it:

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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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big gunSomeone who is powerful or influential most often in plural form.Rate it:

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big gunA large-caliber artillery piece.Rate it:

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eat one's gunTo commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.Rate it:

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give it the gunLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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gun downTo kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.Rate it:

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gun forTo pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.Rate it:

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gun forTo strive for the downfall or diminution of another.Rate it:

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gun itTo accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see meIndicates the speaker has noticed an erection underneath the interlocutor's clothes.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.Rate it:

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Jump the GunTo do something a bit earlier or before the time, hasty in doing somethingRate it:

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jump the gun!Take Premature Action:, Begin to run before the report of the starter's gun! Illegal actions:Rate it:

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poachers gunUsed other than as an idiom. poacher's gunRate it:

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put a gun to someone's headTo compel someone; to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.Rate it:

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smoking gunThe conclusive evidence, the bare facts, clear and decisive picture.Rate it:

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smoking gunEvidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute.Rate it:

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son of a gunA phrase expressing surprise or learning about some some unexpected news.Rate it:

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under the gunThe first player to act on the first round of betting in Texas hold 'em.Rate it:

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point blankThe distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for the effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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