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Noun Concept
Categories: Cat idioms, English-language idioms, Vocabulary and usage stubs
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cat and mouse  cat and rat  cat-and-mouse  cat-and-mouse game  Game of cat and mouse
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A game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first WordNet 3.0
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A game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Cat and mouse, often expressed as cat-and-mouse game, is an English-language idiom that means "a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes." Wikipedia
An English-language idiom Wikipedia Disambiguation
English-language idiom Wikidata
A children's game in which one player (the "cat") attempts to break through a ring of players to catch another player (the "mouse") in the centre. Wiktionary
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child's game
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cat and mouse, cat and rat
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cat and mouse
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Cat and mouse
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cat and mouse
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cat-and-mouse, cat-and-mouse game, Game of cat and mouse

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