paper chase

noun

1. the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
2. the writing of assignments and reports, collecting of supporting documents, filling out of forms, and other paperwork necessary to obtain a college degree or a professional certificate or license, apply for financial aid or a bank loan, etc.
3. hare and hounds.

paper chase

noun

1. a former type of cross-country run in which a runner laid a trail of paper for others to follow

Other Words From

• paper chaser noun
• paper-chasing adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of paper chase¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Harold Evans is author of The American Century and My Paper Chase.

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Part of Harold Evans' autobiography, My Paper Chase, just out in paperback, describes his travels in America.

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Ireland features in his recently published memoir My Paper Chase (Little Brown).

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Harold Evans, author of two histories of America, just published his memoir, My Paper Chase.

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Harold Evans, author of two histories of America, just published his memoir, My Paper Chase .

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The whole head is useless, and the whole sitting part painful: reason, the recent Paper Chase.

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No; we shall spend the whole of the day together at the paper-chase.

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There always are accidents; it would be the first paper-chase without one.

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We had arranged an officers' paper chase and every officer attended; those who couldn't find chargers had perforce to ride mules.

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The season was still early when the Bicycle Paper-chase was proposed and arranged.

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