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rearing back

rearing back is the present participle and gerund of rear back.

Meaning of rear back

Verb

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

  1. (usually a horse) To stand on two rear legs, as an aggressive or fearful gesture.
  2. (broadly) To stand, pull back or otherwise reposition oneself, often as a sudden response to a change or in preparation for an imminent reaction.

Questions about rearing back

What is rearing back the present participle and gerund of?
Rearing back is the present participle and gerund of rear back.

Words near rearing back in the dictionary

  1. rearhorse
  2. rearhorses
  3. Rearick
  4. Rearicks
  5. rearing
  6. rearing back
  7. rearing bit
  8. rearing bits
  9. rearing one's head
  10. rearing one's ugly head
  11. rearing up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rearing back (page history and authors); rear back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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