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mounting the high horse

mounting the high horse is the present participle and gerund of mount the high horse.

Meaning of mount the high horse

Verb

mount the high horse (third-person singular simple present mounts the high horse, present participle mounting the high horse, simple past and past participle mounted the high horse)

  1. (archaic) To get on one's high horse.

Questions about mounting the high horse

What is mounting the high horse the present participle and gerund of?
Mounting the high horse is the present participle and gerund of mount the high horse.

Words near mounting the high horse in the dictionary

  1. mounting
  2. mounting a horse foaled by an acorn
  3. mounting block
  4. mounting blocks
  5. mounting St. George
  6. mounting the high horse
  7. mounting up
  8. mountingly
  9. mountings
  10. Mountjoy
  11. Mountjoys

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