wild-goose chase

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wild goose chase,
wild-goose chase
n
informal, figurative (pointless search)zinloze onderneming bn + nw de
 The sheriff was sent on a wild goose chase to find the fugitive. Trying to find the missing papers turned out to be a wild-goose chase.
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