hunting expedition

Noun

Meaning

an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

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I am happy now, to recall that I was not only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him. John Philip Sousa

At a hunting expedition you cannot apportion the meat before you kill the animal. African Proverb

Aeneas is inclined to return Dido's love, and during a hunting expedition, a storm drives them into a cave in which Aeneas and Dido presumably have sex, an event that Dido takes to indicate a marriage between them. Source: Internet

He decided to send a hunting expedition to kill the bears in order to feed the Spanish and the neophytes (natives that converted to Christianity) in Monterey. Source: Internet

In one tradition, the sons were away on a hunting expedition at the time of their father's death, and were thus unable to affect the assembly's choice. Source: Internet

The huge success of the hunting expedition caused Father Junípero Serra to consider building a mission in that area. Source: Internet

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