play a cat-and-mouse game

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• play a cat-and-mouse game with somebody — play (a game of) ˌcat and ˈmouse with sb | play a ˌcat and ˈmouse game with sb idiom to play a cruel game with sb in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect • He thought the… …   Useful english dictionary

• (a) cat and mouse game — play cat and mouse to try to defeat someone by tricking them into making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them. It s just the latest manoeuvre in the eternal cat and mouse game between the police and drug runners …   New idioms dictionary

• play (a game of) cat and mouse with somebody — play (a game of) ˌcat and ˈmouse with sb | play a ˌcat and ˈmouse game with sb idiom to play a cruel game with sb in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect • He thought the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cat and Mouse (unofficial PGR game) — Cat and Mouse is an improvised racing game type for Project Gotham Racing 2 (PGR2) and 3 (PGR3) played on Xbox Live. In PGR2 all players must agree to the rules as it is not a built in game type. However, Cat and Mouse is a built in game type in… …   Wikipedia

• play (a game of) cat and mouse — 1. to repeatedly try to make someone react in a way that will cause them problems. Enemy warplanes have been playing a deadly game of cat and mouse, trying to bring American fighter planes into range of their missiles. 2. to try to find someone… …   New idioms dictionary

• cat and mouse — noun uncount a situation in which you let someone else believe that they have managed to escape, before you actually catch them: a game of cat and mouse play cat and mouse (with someone): Dora knew the detective was playing cat and mouse with her …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cat and mouse — noun a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first • Syn: ↑cat and rat • Hypernyms: ↑child s… …   Useful english dictionary

• cat and mouse — 1. Also called cat and rat. a children s game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player. 2. Western U.S. tick… …   Universalium

• cat and mouse — UK / US noun [uncountable] a situation in which you let someone else believe that they have managed to escape, before you actually catch them a game of cat and mouse play cat and mouse (with someone): Dora knew the detective was playing cat and… …   English dictionary

• game — n. contest, match 1) to play; win a game 2) to lose a game 3) (AE) to call ( cancel ) a (baseball) game 4) to throw ( purposely lose ) a game 5) a close; crucial; fair game 6) a bowl (Am. football); championship; home; match (tennis); practice;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• game — [[t]ge͟ɪm[/t]] ♦ games 1) N COUNT A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle. ...the wonderful game of football. ...a… …   English dictionary