Usually means: Futile search for nonexistent thing.
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  1. a wild goose chase: Wordnik
  2. A wild goose chase: Dictionary.com
  3. a wild goose chase: FreeDictionary.org
  4. A wild goose chase: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. a wild-goose chase, A Wild Goose Chase: Idioms

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▸ noun:  a 1919 American silent adventure film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Matt Moore, Hazel Daly and Sidney Ainsworth.


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