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upset the pot

upset the pot verb: to beat the favourite in a race.

Verb

upset the pot (third-person singular simple present upsets the pot, present participle upsetting the pot, simple past and past participle upset the pot)

  1. (slang) To beat the favourite in a race.
    • Your horse Prince Henry, the fellow that nearly upset the pot at Kempton, was well in the Lincoln Handicap.1897, Nat Gould, Not So Bad After All, page 126

Forms of upset the pot

third-person singular presentupsets the pot
present participleupsetting the pot
past participleupset the pot
pastupset the pot

Questions about upset the pot

What does upset the pot mean?
Upset the pot means to beat the favourite in a race.
What part of speech is upset the pot?
Upset the pot is a verb.
What is the past tense of upset the pot?
The past tense of upset the pot is upset the pot.

Words near upset the pot in the dictionary

  1. upset stomach
  2. upset stomachs
  3. upset the apple cart
  4. upset the applecart
  5. upset the natives
  6. upset the pot
  7. upsetedness
  8. upsetly
  9. upsetment
  10. upsetments
  11. upsetness

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