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in hot pursuit |
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in hot pursuit Related vocabulary: hot on your heelsif you are in hot pursuit of someone or something, you are following closely behind them and trying hard to catch them. The gang fled from the scene of the crime with the police in hot pursuit. Jean immediately jumped into her car and set off in hot pursuit of the truck. (often + of) See also: hot in hot pursuit (of someone/something) eagerly trying to get someone or something. Reporters set off in hot pursuit of the facts of the story. With border guards in hot pursuit, the boat sped away. The Yankees are in hot pursuit of a good left-handed pitcher. See also: hot How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SEEING a ship sailing by upon the sea of politics, an Ambitious Person started in hot pursuit along the strand; but the people's eyes being fixed upon the Presidency no one observed the pursuer. As if too long lurking behind the headlands, till the Pequod should fairly have entered the straits, these rascally Asiatics were now in hot pursuit, to make up for their over-cautious delay. |
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in hot pursuit
