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go counter

To move in the opposite direction of a pursued person or animal. You go counter and see if you can loop around and catch the assailants. If I had another person here to go counter to me, I bet I could trap this feral cat. One cop went counter to the other and that's how they were able to catch the robber.
See also: counter, go
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go counter

run or ride against the direction taken by an animal or person hunted or sought.
In Britain, the variants hunt counter and run counter are also found.
See also: counter, go
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