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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

... waiting, and I hear her shrieks—her shrieks! I hurry back. My hands tremble so much that I can scarcely unlock the door. At last I enter, and I see and I know—that yellow devil has learned all and has been playing with us like cat and mouse! He is lashing her, with a great whip! Lashing ...

— Tales of Chinatown • Sax Rohmer

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