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fishing

 noun
     
Related topics: Outdoor
fish‧ing S3 [uncountable]
1DLO the sport or business of catching fish:
Fishing is one of his hobbies.
Terry's going fishing at Lake Arrowhead next weekend.
 ➔ flyfishing
2

be on a fishing expedition

American English informal to try to find out secret information by asking a lot of questions about different things
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