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and the horse you rode in on

and the horse you rode in on phrase: an intensifier.

Phrase

and the horse you rode in on

  1. (derogatory, slang) An intensifier.
    • "Don't threaten me," I told him.
      "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on![…]"1972, Kirkwood, James, 1930-1989, P.S. your cat is dead! A novel

Questions about and the horse you rode in on

What does and the horse you rode in on mean?
And the horse you rode in on means an intensifier.
What part of speech is and the horse you rode in on?
And the horse you rode in on is a phrase.

Words near and the horse you rode in on in the dictionary

  1. and such
  2. and that
  3. and that's final
  4. and that's flat
  5. and the church says amen
  6. and the horse you rode in on
  7. and the like
  8. and then everyone clapped
  9. and then everyone on the bus clapped
  10. and then some
  11. and what-not

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