chasse patate

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the fool meaning of patate.

Noun[edit]

chasse patate f (plural chasses patates)

  1. a pointless chase, wild-goose chase
  2. (cycling) a group chasing a breakaway that fails to catch it and then gets stuck between the breakaway and the peloton
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