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What is a wild goose chase?

What is a wild goose chase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Alternative spelling of wild-goose chase
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When we arrived at the address, a highrise near Vancouver General Hospital, we realized it was a home for senior citizens and that we were probably on a wild goose chase.
A ghostly Métis guide is convinced the students are the Columbia Brigade voyageurs and leads them on a wild goose chase.
But the hunt stank of a wild goose chase as soon as it began.
Sir, again, the people in those vehicles potentially were witnesses, and never in my mind would I classify a potential witness as a wild goose chase.
Elliot said in a lecture in 1956 that he was sorry he sent so many people off on a wild goose chase for meanings that were not there.
They may be worth a good deal before we get back from this wild goose chase.

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