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saddle up

saddle up verb: to set and cinch a saddle on a horse in preparation for riding.

Verb

saddle up (third-person singular simple present saddles up, present participle saddling up, simple past and past participle saddled up)

  1. (intransitive) To set and cinch a saddle on a horse in preparation for riding.
    • Saddle up, men! We've got a lot of riding to do today.
  2. (transitive) To set and cinch a saddle in preparation for riding.
    • He saddled up his father's horse as usual.
  3. (slang, uncommon) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Forms of saddle up

third-person singular presentsaddles up
present participlesaddling up
past participlesaddled up
pastsaddled up

Questions about saddle up

What does saddle up mean?
Saddle up means to set and cinch a saddle on a horse in preparation for riding.
What part of speech is saddle up?
Saddle up is a verb.
What is the past tense of saddle up?
The past tense of saddle up is saddled up.

Words near saddle up in the dictionary

  1. saddle tanks
  2. saddle tramp
  3. saddle tramps
  4. saddle tree
  5. saddle trees
  6. saddle up
  7. saddle vein
  8. saddle veins
  9. saddle with
  10. saddle-backed
  11. saddle-backed bush cricket

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