in hot pursuit

idiom

: chasing and close to catching someone

The police are in hot pursuit of the escaped convicts.

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The coming-of-age romance centers on two 12-year-olds – a lonely scout (Jared Gilman) and a troublemaking girl (Kara Hayward) – who run away to a New England island, with the scout's troop leader (Edward Norton) and girl's parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) in hot pursuit. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 June 2025

This is one of the biggest Serie A matches of the season, with Inter Milan in hot pursuit of the title, and Lazio fighting to qualify for the Champions League. —Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025

Here’s why that’s challenging By Lauren J. Young edited by Dean Visser Scientists have spent decades in hot pursuit of a universal influenza vaccine—a single shot to protect people from past and possible future strains of a frequently mutating virus. —Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 1 May 2025

Thieves crossing a bridge while the king’s guards are in hot pursuit. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for in hot pursuit

• irresolute
• reconstitute
• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute