chasse patate

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French

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Etymology

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From the fool meaning of patate.

Noun

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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