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How to pronounce “cat and mouse”
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- A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other.
- A form of attack in which the attacker toys with the victim by inflicting minor damage or letting the victim have futile hopes of escape before finally finishing the victim off.
- A children's game in which one player (the "cat") attempts to break through a ring of players to catch another player (the "mouse") in the centre.
- [Verb]
- Alternative form of cat-and-mouse.
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