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hot pursuit

Noun

Meaning

hot pursuit (plural hot pursuits)

(law) close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

hot-pursuit

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Examples

The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it. Josh Billings

Alex Ondo powers up the pitch as the Quebec team was in hot pursuit. Source: Internet

But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Source: Internet

By virtue of being a vacation story and having a blood-mad, mustachioed hunter in hot pursuit, this installment comes closer to a stretched out classic Looney Tunes than any of the previous films in the series. Source: Internet

Before a signal was even given Torres was on a dead sprint across the Bulldog turf with celebrating teammates in hot pursuit. Source: Internet

Husband-and-wife journalist team, Erik and Katrin Skafte, are in hot pursuit of killer who is systematically murdering a string of people in the Stockholm area. Source: Internet

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