Collocations for "horse"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "horse" in context.
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horse
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [work, cart, racing, shire, Mustang, rodeo] horse
- a [roan, chestnut, palomino] horse
- a [wild, broken] horse
- the horse needs breaking
- break the horse
- is a Trojan horse
- ride on a rocking horse
- [groom, shoe, saddle] the horse
- put a saddle on the horse
- lead a horse to water
- a pasture for horses
- the horses are grazing
- the horse was [galloping, trotting]
- the horse [was favorite for, won] the race
- [won gold at, sailed over] the vaulting horse
- straight from the horse's mouth
- hold your horses!
- UK: wild horses couldn't stop me!
- (don't) look a gift horse in the mouth
- UK: the white horses of the waves
- a horse [stable, trailer, saddle]
- [go to, bet on] the horse race
- horse racing
- go on a horse ride
- is a horse groom
- in a horse pasture
- a horse [doctor, hospital]
- horsing around at [school, work, home]
- stop horsing around
- horse it [up, down] the stairs
- horse it into place
'horse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adult
- animal
- back
- backed
- bay
- bed
- berth
- bet
- bit
- body
- breeding
- broken
- brush
- buck
- camp
- carriage
- cart
- casting
- chestnut
- comb
- cowboy
- curb
- dock
- donkey
- dope
- eat
- enclosure
- enter
- examine
- excited
- fast
- fetch
- flank
- fly
- founder
- front
- gait
- gamble
- gambling
- gentle
- gift
- glue
- going
- groom
- grooming
- harness
- helmet
- high
- hind
- hiss