chasse patate

French

Etymology

From the fool meaning of patate

Noun

chasse patate f (plural chasse patates)

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