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View synonyms for unhorse
unhorse
[ uhn-hawrs ]
verb (used with object)
, un·horsed, un·hors·ing.
- to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
Sir Gawain unhorsed the strange knight.
- to defeat; overcome; dislodge, as from a position or office:
His vigorous campaign unhorsed his adversary.
unhorse
/ ʌnˈhɔːs /
verb
- usually passive to knock or throw from a horse
- to overthrow or dislodge, as from a powerful position
- rare.to unharness horses from (a carriage, etc)
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Have you not a minute ago seen Mazurec unhorse a knight all alone, with his stick and only a handful of sand?
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The object of the young Irishman was to unhorse, or rather un-camel, his antagonist, and get him to the ground.
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Scarcely did I catch her words, for a man sprang in, seizing my bridle-rein and leg and struggling to unhorse me.
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They deal such blows upon their shields that, beside the wounded, they unhorse more than five hundred of them.
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Thus the point of the fir-tree caught him upon the shoulder and came near to unhorse him.
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