hot on the trail
1hot 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 …
2hot on the trail — following the trail, looking for evidence The police are hot on the trail of the bank robbers …
3hot 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 …
4hot 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 …
5hot on the trail of — See hot on the heels of …
6hot on the trail of — …
7hot 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 …
8on 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 …
9on 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 …
10on 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 …
