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wild-goose chase

any search, pursuit, or endeavor regarded as being as futile as trying to catch a wild goose by chasing it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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