"wild goose chase" meaning in All languages combined

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wild goose chases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "expansion": "wild goose chase (plural wild goose chases)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "wild-goose chase"
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        {
          "ref": "1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 230, 231, 232, 233",
          "text": "\"I'm inquiring after a Miss Tomson, please. I don't know the number of her apartment.\"\n\"Nobody here called Tomson. Does she have a dog?\"\n\"Goliath was his name.\"\n\"Well, you want Dizzy Darling. The model. But if she's who you're looking for she still ain't here. She's nearly gone two months. Just a minute I'll look here and see if I can find a forwarding address. Nope. Don't see a forwarding address. Sorry you come on a wild goose chase. Here, have a piece of chewing gum.\"\n\"Thank you.\"",
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        "Alternative spelling of wild-goose chase"
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  "word": "wild goose chase"
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      "form": "wild goose chases",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "wild-goose chase"
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        {
          "ref": "1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 230, 231, 232, 233",
          "text": "\"I'm inquiring after a Miss Tomson, please. I don't know the number of her apartment.\"\n\"Nobody here called Tomson. Does she have a dog?\"\n\"Goliath was his name.\"\n\"Well, you want Dizzy Darling. The model. But if she's who you're looking for she still ain't here. She's nearly gone two months. Just a minute I'll look here and see if I can find a forwarding address. Nope. Don't see a forwarding address. Sorry you come on a wild goose chase. Here, have a piece of chewing gum.\"\n\"Thank you.\"",
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        }
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        "Alternative spelling of wild-goose chase"
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