"foot chase" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1856, Charles John Andersson, chapter XVII, in Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries, during Four Years’ Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa. […], London: Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 212:",
          "text": "During the nights, we were constantly annoyed by the dismal howlings of the hyænas; and we had some very exciting foot-chases after these animals.",
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          "ref": "1995 April 5, Gerald Hensley, “Statement of Gerald Hensley, Officer, Baltimore City Police Department”, in Gun Laws and the Need for Self-defense (Part 2): Hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session: April 5, 1995: Serial No. 43: […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1996, →OCLC, page 182:",
          "text": "On another case when I worked in uniform I was involved in a foot chase of a person who was armed with a Tech-9 who shot several rounds at police officers during the course of the foot chase. During the course of that foot chase this person concealed himself in a highly brushed area.",
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          "ref": "2001, Amy S. Green, “Girlz in Blue: Women Policing Violence in the NYPD”, in Andrea McArdle, Tanya Erzen, editors, Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City, New York, N.Y., London: New York University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Police), page 140:",
          "text": "I did have a lot of adventures. Foot chases, car chases. The wrong way up the Harlem River Drive. But it worked out.",
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          "ref": "2005, Gerald W. Garner, “Suspicious Persons and Situations”, in Surviving the Street: Officer Safety and Survival Techniques, 2nd edition, Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, →ISBN, page 59:",
          "text": "Take your car keys with you when you begin a foot chase. You don't want to discover you're now afoot when you return for your wheels. Fleeing offenders have been known to double back and drive off in police vehicles left running.",
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          "ref": "2007 September 27, Gregory D. Kutz, John W. Cooney, “Appendix I: Case Studies of Successful Customs and Border Protection Responses to Suspicious Activities on Northern and Southern U.S. Borders”, in Border Security: Security Vulnerabilities at Unmanned and Unmonitored U.S. Border Locations: […] (GAO-07-884T), [Washington, D.C.]: United States Government Accountability Office, published 2007 October 2 (revised), →OCLC, pages 13–14:",
          "text": "The suspects were walking south along railroad tracks. After a short foot chase, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended all six suspects—two individual who were believed to be smugglers and a family of four.",
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          "ref": "2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-07-31:",
          "text": "[Christopher] McQuarrie’s globetrotting action—the Nolanesque demolition-derby of an extraction scene; a foot chase that unfolds across rooftops and through buildings; an aggressive fist fight in a pristine-white restroom—is robustly physical, privileging vantages that make the nerve-racking practicality of its execution obvious.",
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          "sense": "chase or pursuit that takes place on foot",
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          "word": "inseguimento a piedi"
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          "text": "On another case when I worked in uniform I was involved in a foot chase of a person who was armed with a Tech-9 who shot several rounds at police officers during the course of the foot chase. During the course of that foot chase this person concealed himself in a highly brushed area.",
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          "text": "I did have a lot of adventures. Foot chases, car chases. The wrong way up the Harlem River Drive. But it worked out.",
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          "text": "The suspects were walking south along railroad tracks. After a short foot chase, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended all six suspects—two individual who were believed to be smugglers and a family of four.",
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