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Synonyms for wild-goose chase

  • noun

Most common

rabbit hole merry dance snipe hunt snark hunt exercise in futility fool's errand

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Noun

snipe hunt, rabbit hole, snark hunt, merry dance, fool's errand, exercise in futility

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.

    I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them.

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Other spellings
wild goose chase