On someone's trail In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "on someone's trail", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jenne Phuong calendar 2021-06-21 04:06

Meaning of On someone's trail

On someone's trail phrase

The expression can be rewritten as "on the trail of someone".

If a person is "on his/her trail", he/she is following, tracking someone in order to find them or find out about them.

He must have done something wrong or even illegally. That's why the police in on his trail.

A: "What are you doing here?" B: "I'm on that girl's trail. I have found something abnormal from her computer. She's a suspect in a case".

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