"chase tail" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-chase tail.ogg Forms: chases tail [present, singular, third-person], chasing tail [participle, present], chased tail [participle, past], chased tail [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chase tail (third-person singular simple present chases tail, present participle chasing tail, simple past and past participle chased tail)
  1. (idiomatic, slang, somewhat vulgar) To be on the hunt for a (usually sexual) partner. Tags: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Related terms: chase one's tail Translations (to be on the hunt for a (usually sexual) partner): hakea seuraa (Finnish), hakea pillua (english: sexual, vulgar, on the hunt for female partners) (Finnish), courir le jupon (english: female partners only) (French), courir le cotillon (French)

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