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bridle up

bridle up verb: to show anger or indignation at something.

Verb

bridle up (third-person singular simple present bridles up, present participle bridling up, simple past and past participle bridled up)

  1. To show anger or indignation at something.
    Synonyms:
    bridle, bristle

Synonyms of bridle up

Forms of bridle up

third-person singular presentbridles up
present participlebridling up
past participlebridled up
pastbridled up

Questions about bridle up

What does bridle up mean?
Bridle up means to show anger or indignation at something.
What part of speech is bridle up?
Bridle up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bridle up?
The past tense of bridle up is bridled up.

Words near bridle up in the dictionary

  1. bridle irons
  2. bridle path
  3. bridle paths
  4. bridle trail
  5. bridle trails
  6. bridle up
  7. bridle wrist
  8. bridle wrists
  9. bridle-path
  10. bridle-paths
  11. bridled

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