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rush one's fences

rush one's fences verb: of a horse, to approach a fence too quickly before a jump.

Verb

rush one's fences (third-person singular simple present rushes one's fences, present participle rushing one's fences, simple past and past participle rushed one's fences)

  1. (literally) Of a horse, to approach a fence too quickly before a jump.
  2. (UK, idiomatic) To act too hastily or impulsively, often resulting in mistakes or failure.

Forms of rush one's fences

third-person singular presentrushes one's fences
present participlerushing one's fences
past participlerushed one's fences
pastrushed one's fences

Questions about rush one's fences

What does rush one's fences mean?
Rush one's fences means of a horse, to approach a fence too quickly before a jump.
What part of speech is rush one's fences?
Rush one's fences is a verb.
What is the past tense of rush one's fences?
The past tense of rush one's fences is rushed one's fences.

Words near rush one's fences in the dictionary

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  2. rush lily
  3. rush nut
  4. rush nuts
  5. rush off
  6. rush one's fences
  7. rush out
  8. rush ring
  9. rush rings
  10. Rush River
  11. rush skeletonweed

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