Examples of 'cat-and-mouse' in a sentence
Meaning of "cat-and-mouse"
cat-and-mouse (noun) - a game or process of tit-for-tat pursuit, evasion, and deception, often used in the context of strategy, competition, or conflict
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- suspenseful, involving alternating roles of attack and defence.
- Alternative form of cat and mouse
- To engage in a game of cat and mouse.
- To toy with (one's victim).
How to use "cat-and-mouse" in a sentence
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It is effectively a cat-and-mouse game that continues to be played with catastrophic consequences.
It featured a youthful version of the famous cat-and-mouse duo chasing each other.
The cat-and-mouse game between hackers and system administrators is still in full swing.
This masterly campaign comprised a series of cat-and-mouse moves by the rival commanders.
But I want you to notice a very funny thing during the process of the cat-and-mouse.
So there is a kind of cat-and-mouse game around getting access to the JSTOR database.
The war between data defenders and data thieves has been described as a cat-and-mouse game.
Doing a cat-and-mouse game except there is no mouse.
He must master obedience as well as recognize the cat-and-mouse game that is coyote hunting.
Colonel Guske is the Gestapo agent with whom Casson plays a lengthy game of cat-and-mouse.
Seems like the police are playing some sort of cat-and-mouse game with these suspects.
Of the cat-and-mouse game of electronic warfare.
Paint how you want to paint while you can feel the tension ofthe cat-and-mouse game.
There is a cat-and-mouse game going on between me and life.
The segments bear some similarities to classic cat-and-mouse cartoons such as Tom and Jerry.
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But the cat-and-mouse game only lasts a few days.
I am not throwing Cassie into a game of psychological cat-and-mouse with Ed Roven.
In a game of cat-and-mouse eight children took part.
I want to be optimistic but I am fearful that Milosevic is still playing a cat-and-mouse game.
Then we will have to cat-and-mouse it out of here.
I am putting an end to this exhausting cat-and-mouse.
This forms a cat-and-mouse chase between the two.
This is indeed going to be a cat-and-mouse game.
They are playing cat-and-mouse while hundreds of thousands of people are dying.
I do not understand this cat-and-mouse business.
A cat-and-mouse game ensues, with each ship showing strengths and weaknesses.
I do not have time for cat-and-mouse bullshit.
A cat-and-mouse game between the two starts, eventually culminating in a final battle.
You do not have to play cat-and-mouse with me.
The resulting cat-and-mouse game could affect traffic from other sources.
It was always like playing the cat-and-mouse game.
And so it goes in the cat-and-mouse game of regulators and innovators.
Playing that childish little game of cat-and-mouse.
This is the start of a cat-and-mouse game between the two.
Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
So begins a game of cat-and-mouse that will have deadly consequences.
Spotted her a few times during our cat-and-mouse game.
He ends up playing a cat-and-mouse game with his main suspect.
Seems like the police are playing a cat-and-mouse game.
Let us cut the cat-and-mouse act and get to the point.
That year, she killed six people after a game of cat-and-mouse with each of them.
A cat-and-mouse game ensues, with each ship having its strengths and weaknesses.
The government is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the international community.
Of course, the drug dealers want their money back and a game of cat-and-mouse follows.
We cannot face prolonging this cat-and-mouse game with bumptious officials.
However, the rule is not the one of a standard deathmatch but rather a cat-and-mouse game.
Information is everything in the cat-and-mouse game that is our legal system.
That was a cat-and-mouse situation, and everyone knows you just do not get involved.
Shiva comes to know this thus begins a cat-and-mouse game between the siblings.
Immediately, a cat-and-mouse game ensues between the fragile diva and the ambitious journalist.
