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noun | verb horsehorse1 /hɔrs/ ●●● S1 W2 noun ETYMOLOGYhorse1Origin: Old English hors ► ridden a horse I had never ridden a horse before. ► on a horse a man on a horse 1 [countable] a large strong animal that people ride on and use for pulling heavy things: I had never ridden a horse before. a man on a horse2(straight/right) from the horse’s mouth if you hear something straight from the horse’s mouth, you are told it by someone who has direct knowledge of it3change/switch horses in midstream to stop supporting or working with one person or set of ideas and start supporting or working with another, while you are in the middle of doing something: It’s never a good idea to change horses in midstream.4a horse of a different color something that is completely different from another thing or situation: “I was talking about unpaid leave, not vacation time.” “Well, that’s a horse of a different color.”5[countable] a piece of sports equipment in a gymnasium that people jump over6the horses the sport of horse racing [Origin: Old English hors] → see also put the cart before the horse at cart1 (4), choke a horse at choke1 (8), dark horse, beat/flog a dead horse at dead1 (17), I could eat a horse at eat (11), don’t look a gift horse in the mouth at gift1 (5), be/get on your high horse at high1 (16), hold your horses! at hold1 (19), stalking horse noun | verb horsehorse2 verb VERB TABLEhorse |
Present | I, you, we, they | horse | | he, she, it | horses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | horsed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have horsed | | he, she, it | has horsed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had horsed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will horse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have horsed |
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Present | I | am horsing | | he, she, it | is horsing | | you, we, they | are horsing | Past | I, he, she, it | was horsing | | you, we, they | were horsing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been horsing | | he, she, it | has been horsing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been horsing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be horsing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been horsing |
horse around phrasal verb informal to play roughly: Some kids were horsing around on the playground. |