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rears up

rears up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is rears up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rears up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rear up.

Words near rears up in the dictionary

  1. rearriving
  2. rears
  3. rears back
  4. rears one's head
  5. rears one's ugly head
  6. rears up
  7. Rearsby
  8. rearseat
  9. rearseats
  10. rearset
  11. rearsets

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