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.
Alternative names
hot-pursuit
Synonyms
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.
Alex Ondo powers up the pitch as the Quebec team was in hot pursuit.
But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped.
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.
Before a signal was even given Torres was on a dead sprint across the Bulldog turf with celebrating teammates in hot pursuit.
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.