dismount
verb (used without object)
to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
dismounts
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present tense formof dismount (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Brooklyn Moors and Campbell stuck their dismounts en route to 9.900 scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
It’s around 1919 and Ernest is wearing his World War I uniform when he dismounts a train in Fairfax, an Oklahoma boomtown where luxury cars rumble down dirt roads.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
By now, he may have learned the wisdom of George Ball, the Kennedy administration diplomat who opposed the escalation of the Vietnam War: "He who rides the tiger cannot choose where he dismounts."
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
She has two tumbling pass dismounts named after her in the sport’s Code of Points.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
He tips his hat, steps gingerly onto the crate, and dismounts.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
