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upsets the pot

upsets the pot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upset the pot.

Meaning of upset the pot

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

Questions about upsets the pot

What is upsets the pot the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upsets the pot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upset the pot.

Words near upsets the pot in the dictionary

  1. upsetments
  2. upsetness
  3. upsets
  4. upsets the apple cart
  5. upsets the applecart
  6. upsets the pot
  7. upsett
  8. upsettable
  9. upsettably
  10. upsettal
  11. upsettals

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