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  1. chase one's tail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. chase one's tail: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chase one's tail)

verb:  (idiomatic) To busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.


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