Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in hot pursuit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: in- hot pur-suit
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Pursuing someone in order to apprehend them, especially across a border.

Example Sentences

"PC Winters gunned the patrol car out of the side road where they'd been parked, bored and waiting for the end of their shift, and took off in hot pursuit."

Etymology

See hot pursuit.

Questions

What does in hot pursuit mean?: Pursuing someone in order to apprehend them, especially across a border.
Where does in hot pursuit come from?: See hot pursuit.

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