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Idiom

chase tail

Meaning

To be on the hunt for a (usually sexual) partner.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He spends every weekend at the club chasing tail.”

“After his long relationship ended, he started going out every night just to chase tail.”

“Rather than seeking a meaningful connection, he seemed content to spend his evenings at the bar chasing tail with little regard for the consequences.”

Examples

simple

“He spends every weekend at the club chasing tail.”

contextual

“After his long relationship ended, he started going out every night just to chase tail.”

complex

“Rather than seeking a meaningful connection, he seemed content to spend his evenings at the bar chasing tail with little regard for the consequences.”

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