chase one's tail (English, verb)
expansion: chase one's tail (third-person singular simple present chases one's tail, present participle chasing one's tail, simple past and past participle chased one's tail)
Senses:
glosses: To busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: chases one's tail
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chasing one's tail
tags: participle
present
form: chased one's tail
tags: participle
past
form: chased one's tail
tags: past