单词 | to be shot on the post |
释义 | > as lemmasto be shot on the post e. Horse Racing. To dash past (a competitor). to be shot on the post: see quot. 1897. Also, to urge (one's mount) swiftly forward. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner to be shot on the post1868 romp1869 dead-heat1887 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > keep pace with or overtake to show the waya1382 buttock1607 to run head and girth1796 shoot1868 to peg back1928 1868 Field 11 July 29/2 Cannon..just managed, after a fine specimen of riding between the two, to shoot Fordham by a head. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 62/1 [article Athletics] A man is said to be ‘shot on the post’ when a competitor just dashes by him as he eases for the finish, or falls from exhaustion. 1928 Morning Post 20 Oct. 14/1 The latter was travelling like a winner as far as the Dip, where Richards shot his mount into the lead. < as lemmas |
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