单词 | to ask the question |
释义 | > as lemmasto ask (a horse) the question P14. Horse Racing. to ask (a horse) the question: (of a rider) to communicate to (a horse) that a special effort is required. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > actions of rider bore1677 jostle1723 pinch1740 pull1781 rope1854 screw1855 corner1861 ride1863 ready1887 poach1891 nurse1893 to ask (a horse) the question1894 stiffen1900 shoo1908 rate1946 stop1954 niggle1963 1894 H. Custance Riding Recoll. vi. 88 Until the last ten strides, when I really asked ‘King Lud’ the question. 1963 Listener 25 July 128/2 Do as little galloping as possible till the last moment. That is when the jockey ‘asks his horse the question’, as they say. < as lemmas |
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