Idiom
hot on the trail
Meaning
Synonym of hot on someone's heels.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The police are hot on the trail of the thief.”
“The detectives followed the clues all night and are now hot on the trail of the suspect.”
“After weeks of meticulous investigation, the researchers believe they are finally hot on the trail of a breakthrough discovery that could change the field forever.”
Examples
simple
“The police are hot on the trail of the thief.”
contextual
“The detectives followed the clues all night and are now hot on the trail of the suspect.”
complex
“After weeks of meticulous investigation, the researchers believe they are finally hot on the trail of a breakthrough discovery that could change the field forever.”
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