Antonyms for wild goose chase

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : wahyld-goos

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪldˈgus

Definition of wild goose chase

Origin : 1592, first attested in "Romeo and Juliet," where it evidently is a figurative use of an earlier (but unrecorded) literal sense in reference to a kind of follow-the-leader steeplechase.

As in fruitless : adj bringing no advantage, product
As in red herring : noun misleading clue
As in search : noun seeking to find something
As in wild-goose chase : noun hopeless case

Example sentences :

Twas a wild goose chase, and I wot not what moved me to run after it.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

"It's a wild goose chase we're on," muttered his companion after a while.
Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller

They may be worth a good deal before we get back from this wild goose chase.
Extract from : « Down the Slope » by James Otis

You are a fine one to send us off on a wild goose chase like that!
Extract from : « The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts » by Janet Aldridge

Were of the opinion it is all a wild goose chase so were staying here.
Extract from : « The Adventure Girls at K Bar O » by Clair Blank

He said there was no use of our going on a wild goose chase.
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Do you think it worth while to send me to Vicksburg on a wild goose chase?
Extract from : « The White Rose of Memphis » by William C. Falkner

Our hunt for buffaloes was proving to be a kind of wild goose chase.
Extract from : « Life and Adventures of 'Billy' Dixon » by Billy Dixon

I began to get the feeling that we were on a wild goose chase, after all.
Extract from : « Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Now she told herself that it was certainly a wild goose chase.
Extract from : « The Shepherd of the North » by Richard Aumerle Maher

Synonyms for wild goose chase

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