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idiomplay cat and mouse (with sb)(also play a cat and mouse game)1 if two people or groups are playing cat and mouse, one person or group is trying to find the other one, and the other one is trying not to be found:Police spent the weekend playing cat and mouse with protesters on the site of the proposed new dam.For two years, the hackers played an electronic cat and mouse game with FBI agents.2 to pretend that you will let someone get or do what they want, and then prevent them from getting it or doing it:The managers were playing cat and mouse - they said they'd only negotiate with Tom, then when Tom arrived they changed their minds.So far, offers to release the hostages are only part of an elaborate game of cat and mouse.
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