"car chase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: car chases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} car chase (plural car chases)
  1. (road transport) A chase, usually high-speed, between people in two or more cars or other vehicles, normally between the police or other law enforcement and an offender. Categories (topical): Road transport Coordinate_terms: foot chase Translations (chase between people in two or more cars or other vehicles): takaa-ajo (Finnish), course-poursuite [feminine] (French), inseguimento in auto [masculine] (Italian), автопого́ня (avtopogónja) [feminine] (Russian), biljakt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-car_chase-en-noun-Ays5tdtJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: road, transport

Inflected forms

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