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Cat and mouse

noun

A game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first. Synonym: cat and rat.

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"Cat and mouse" Quotes from Famous Books

... one. He's a mean one. He lies low for you. He plays cat and mouse with you. He lets you run loose until you think youre shut of him; and then, when you least expect it, ...

— The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet • George Bernard Shaw

Words linked to "Cat and mouse" : child's game, cat and rat