in hot pursuit
idiom
: chasing and close to catching someone
The police are in hot pursuit of the escaped convicts.
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Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a scruffy former revolutionary desperate to find his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) with an old enemy (Sean Penn) in hot pursuit.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Outside of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North, who both stand alone as the only squads in their division with winning records, every other divisional leader holds only a slim edge over rivals in hot pursuit.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Jamie gives birth to a baby boy, Steven, the night before Halloween and manages to escape with the child in tow — and with Michael in hot pursuit of them both.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Outside of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North, who both stand alone as the only squads in their division with winning records, every other divisional leader holds only a slim edge over rivals in hot pursuit.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Jamie gives birth to a baby boy, Steven, the night before Halloween and manages to escape with the child in tow — and with Michael in hot pursuit of them both.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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“In hot pursuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20hot%20pursuit. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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