Definition of "cat and mouse" []

• A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other. (noun)

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• "She also bet Charane would have killed either of them outright, rather than playing cat and mouse with them here in Sorceress Barbie's Mystical Castle."
• "It was already savoring its conquest and repast, playing cat and mouse with him; though he'd never seen a werecat do that; possibly real cats did play that way, though there weren't many of those-or mice-around these days, for some reason."
• "It was cat and mouse stuff - the Russian T72s, BMPs and RPG7 men trying to pierce the gloom and the Canadian infantry shield in order to stalk the Leopards; the Leopards endeavouring to ambush the Russians and batter their flanks."