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play a game of cat and mouse

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 — 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • (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

  • cat — W3S1 [kæt] n [: Old English; Origin: catt, probably from Latin cattus, catta] 1.) a) a small animal with four legs that people often keep as a pet. Cats sometimes kill small animals and birds →↑feline tabby/ginger/tortoiseshell etc cat (=colours… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, family, house (esp. AmE), household, pet ▪ big ▪ She went to Africa to photograph big cats. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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