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upsetting the pot

upsetting the pot is the present participle and gerund 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 upsetting the pot

What is upsetting the pot the present participle and gerund of?
Upsetting the pot is the present participle and gerund of upset the pot.

Words near upsetting the pot in the dictionary

  1. upsetti spaghetti
  2. upsettin'
  3. upsetting
  4. upsetting the apple cart
  5. upsetting the applecart
  6. upsetting the pot
  7. upsetting thermometer
  8. upsetting thermometers
  9. upsettingly
  10. upsettingness
  11. upsettings

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