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fool's errand
noun as in practical joke
noun as in red herring
noun as in wild-goose chase
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If you must stay, if you must go on your fools errand, at least take one or more of the men with you.
That I can promise you, and if I agreed to this proposition of yours I would be on a fools errand as well as you.
Pardon me if I say to you that I didnt come here on a fools errand.
A fools errand—but one that I must need go—and for that matter I myself am a fool.
To go in among the hidden gray shadows of the deep things is a fools errand.
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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fool's errand, such as: prank, antic, caper, escapade, espieglerie, and frolic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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