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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A cross-country race in which a trail of shredded paper marks the route.
2. 2
   An administration process involving cross-references between many documents; the following of a paper trail. broadly

Etymology

From paper + chase.

Related phrases

cross countrypaper trail

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