- hot on the trail of
- 1) very close behind someone or something, and about to catch them
He got away but the police are hot on his trail.
2) very close to finding something
English dictionary. 2014.
hot on the trail of
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hot on the trail — (hot) on the trail (of sth) ► very close to finding or achieving something: »NPR s reporter is hot on the trail of the story. Main Entry: ↑trail … Financial and business terms
hot on the trail — following the trail, looking for evidence The police are hot on the trail of the bank robbers … English idioms
hot on the trail of sth — (hot) on the trail (of sth) ► very close to finding or achieving something: »NPR s reporter is hot on the trail of the story. Main Entry: ↑trail … Financial and business terms
hot on the trail of — See hot on the heels of … Thesaurus of popular words
hot on the trail of — … Useful english dictionary
hot on the heels of — hot on the trail of the marketing mavens are hot on the heels of this latest craze Syn: close behind, directly after, right after, straight after, hard on the heels of, following closely … Thesaurus of popular words
on the trail — (hot) on the trail (of sth) ► very close to finding or achieving something: »NPR s reporter is hot on the trail of the story. Main Entry: ↑trail … Financial and business terms
on the trail of sth — (hot) on the trail (of sth) ► very close to finding or achieving something: »NPR s reporter is hot on the trail of the story. Main Entry: ↑trail … Financial and business terms
on the trail of — (hot) on the trail of phrase very close to finding someone or to discovering something Detectives are hot on the trail of a serial killer. Thesaurus: relating to searching and findinghyponym to search for something or someonesynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
hot — [ hat ] adjective *** ▸ 1 very high in temperature ▸ 2 food: with spices ▸ 3 involving strong emotion ▸ 4 exciting and interesting ▸ 5 very good/skillful/lucky ▸ 6 difficult/dangerous ▸ 7 involving sex ▸ 8 determined to do something ▸ 9 busy ▸ 10 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
