start a hare

Late in the day, I started a hare from his hide, getting only a quick glimpse of him.

"Just a gnawing hope that talking to us earlier might have started a hare, after all.

O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare!

But Mr Birchall has started a hare that many researchers will be watching.

One difficulty is anticipating - after the dogs have started a hare and are baying on its trail - in what direction the animal is moving.

I was hoping that Erika would have started a hare in Holland or Belgium by the time I was able to join her.

Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass, some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect, and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare.

He writes that the King and a hunting party started a hare which "led them along the delightful banks of the River Hull to the hamlet of Wyke .

"And as I have heard," said the abbot thoughtfully, turning to Prestcote, "your men on patrol in the Foregate, my lord, started a hare that same morning, and lost him in the neighborhood of Saint Giles.

or sink or swim: Send danger from the east unto the west, So honour cross it from the north to south, And let them grapple: O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare!