play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplay (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)PREVENTto pretend to allow someone to do or have what they want, and then to stop them from doing or having it The police played an elaborate game of cat and mouse to trap him. → catExamples from the Corpusplay (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)• They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in.• For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen.

单词	play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)
释义	play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplay (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)PREVENTto pretend to allow someone to do or have what they want, and then to stop them from doing or having it The police played an elaborate game of cat and mouse to trap him. → catExamples from the Corpusplay (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody)• They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in.• For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen.
随便看	see in action see less of see logic see more of see more/less of somebody see Naples and die see off see off see out see out how the land lies see out of the corner of your eye see out what is made of see out what is really made of see over see over something see reason see reason/sense see red see right see sense see sense see somebody about something see somebody as something see somebody coming (a mile off) see somebody for what they are