merry chase
Example Sentences
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She leads a biographer on a merry chase.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022
A group of Yankees led detectives a merry chase all over Detroit on an innocent quest for popcorn at the Y.M.C.A.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the fast first movement, Mennin led the strings and woodwinds over hill & dale on a merry chase, with the brass barking right along with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
The police, of course, do not, and the buoyant banditry of skateboarding can lead the law a merry chase.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crowd surged out of the Grand Ballroom into the corridor, as Algernon, scampering along the maroon carpeted hallway, led them a merry chase.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
