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rushed one's fences

rushed one's fences is the simple past and past participle of rush one's fences.

Meaning of rush one's fences

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.

Questions about rushed one's fences

What is rushed one's fences the simple past and past participle of?
Rushed one's fences is the simple past and past participle of rush one's fences.

Words near rushed one's fences in the dictionary

  1. rushed behind
  2. rushed behinds
  3. rushed in
  4. rushed off
  5. rushed off one's feet
  6. rushed one's fences
  7. rushed out
  8. rushed to judgement
  9. rushedly
  10. rushee
  11. rushees

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