paper chase

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an outdoor game; the hares start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and the hounds try to catch them before they reach a designated spot
an official process that prevents you from doing something quickly because it involves writing or reading a lot of documents bureaucracy, red tape red tape

Related Terms

paperchase
A cross-country race in which a trail of torn-up paper marks the trail
paperchase
An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail