单词 | to raise a gallop |
释义 | > as lemmasto raise a gallop P5. to raise a gallop: (of a horse) to break into a gallop, to manage to gallop; (of a rider) to succeed in making a horse gallop. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1798 D. Crawford Poems 101 Captain Trollope..tell'd our birkies, could they raise a gallop, An' come outby to him. 1841 ‘Wildrake’ Cracks of Day 184 Mango could scarcely raise a gallop. 1876 Coursing Cal. 193 Maniac made mince-meat of Smoker, who was so stiff that he could scarcely raise a gallop. 1930 J. W. Thomason Jeb Stuart xii. 315 Now, at the last possible moment, they respond to whip and spur and raise a gallop. 1960 Times 18 Apr. 3/3 The Welsh backs were the first to raise a gallop. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Mar. 1 Australians took the horse to heart in 2003 when it..steadfastly refused to raise a gallop in training. < as lemmas |
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