1. This is probably a wild goose chase, but...

2. The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild - goose chase.

3. I'm not gonna blow my get-out-of-jail card on a wild goose chase.

4. SCHMITZ Another wild goose chase, but somewhere along this Cockeyed row there was an angle

5. Many times there are threatening and crank telephone calls that annoy or send the parent off on a wild-goose chase.

6. Synonyms for Bootless errand include wild-goose chase, fool's errand, lost cause, merry chase, merry dance, red herring, snipe hunt, vain attempt, wasted effort and …

7. See: a wild goose chase after always Chasing rainbows ambulance chaser ambulance Chasing be Chasing (one's) (own) tail be Chasing rainbows be Chasing tail be Chasing your tail chase (one's) tail chase (someone or something) (away) from some place chase (someone or something) around chase (someone or something) in(to) (some place) chase (someone or