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wave a dead chicken
verb
. To attempt to resolve a problem by taking steps that one believes to be futile but are nevertheless necessary so that others are satisfied that an appropriate degree of effort has been expended.
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Language - Idioms
Posted on February 17, 1996 at 10:08 PM
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