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Calque of Cantonese追龍 / 追龙(zeoi1 lung4), a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong. Chasing refers to the careful movement of the liquid in order to keep it from coalescing into a single, unmanageable mass.
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chase the dragon (third-person singular simple present chases the dragon, present participle chasing the dragon, simple past and past participle chased the dragon)
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(slang) To inhale the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.
(idiomatic) To chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.
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