go over the mountain
Example Sentences
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A new wide road was being finished that would go over the mountain and zig-zag down to the bridge.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Mr. Gordon, as he has testified, was obliged to go over the mountain on the day in question to transact some business with the superintendent of the Iroquois mine.
From Loaded Dice by Clark, Ellery H.
Arrangements were being made by the teniente for a group of Filipinos to go over the mountain to the east of us, to hunt and get food for the camp.
From Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book by Rohlfing, Sam
They watched till I was alone in the tent, and, having recounted all the perils over again, said: 'Let the men go over the mountain, but you, O Bibi! will go in a boat, safely.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
They are a lettle mite soft, but they've only got to go over the mountain.
From Dixie Hart by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)
