单词 | to come to oneself |
释义 | > as lemmasto come to oneself 8. intransitive. to come to oneself: (of a racehorse) to mature, to reach top form or performance. ΚΠ 1987 Times 15 Dec. 37/6 The Thinker is a horse who doesn't come to himself until Christmas or afterwards, and I am not happy enough with him to give him a race yet. 1993 Racing Post 8 Aug. 28/4 Cumani's filly had good form at two and, although disappointing on her Kempton comeback, has been given time to come to herself. 2004 Racing Ahead June 13/1 The trainer is therefore taking it slowly, while the horse comes to himself. 2016 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 12 Feb. Saint Are is really starting to come to himself, he's definitely a spring horse. < as lemmas |
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