Meaning of cat-and-mouse | Babel Free

Definitions

suspenseful, involving alternating roles of attack and defence.

idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“From a cat-and-mouse sequence at a busy airport to a long car chase⟳ through Rome to a grand finale aboard a runaway train⟳, each action scene tops the one before it.”

“Does that produce⟳ a different dynamic when they meet⟳ in battle? ‘It does,’ said Hoy. ‘I tell⟳ myself that it doesn’t matter⟳ who you race⟳ against, you try⟳ to expose their weaknesses. The only difference is that they know⟳ your weaknesses. It just makes it a bit more of a mind⟳ game, a cat-and-mouse strategy.”

“A cat-and-mouse thriller with delusions of grandeur, The Statement arrives wrapped in an intimidating mystique of high-minded solemnity that makes its vagueness and incoherence all the more disappointing when the pieces don't add⟳ up.”

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