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reared up

reared up is the simple past and past participle of rear up.

Meaning of rear up

Verb

rear up (third-person singular simple present rears up, present participle rearing up, simple past and past participle reared up)

  1. (intransitive) To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.
    • She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off; […][1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106

Questions about reared up

What is reared up the simple past and past participle of?
Reared up is the simple past and past participle of rear up.

Words near reared up in the dictionary

  1. reards
  2. reared
  3. reared back
  4. reared one's head
  5. reared one's ugly head
  6. reared up
  7. rearend
  8. rearended
  9. rearending
  10. rearends
  11. rearer

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