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unhorse

[uhn-hawrs] / ʌnˈhɔrs /


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Unseating Bush was daunting, as it is to unhorse any incumbent president.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2019

It had been brought up in 1936, when it was obvious from the outset that no Republican could hope to unhorse Franklin Roosevelt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shiniest Republican statewide hopeful: Newcomer William B. Bantz, 40, burly, personable former U.S. district attorney from Spokane, his party's nominee to unhorse Democrat Senator Henry M. Jackson.

From Time Magazine Archive

The odds stood at about 3 to 1 that the urban aristocrat, Meighen, cannot politically, unhorse Countryman King, who has "broken in" many a horse of flesh and blood in his day.

From Time Magazine Archive

The object of the young Irishman was to unhorse, or rather uncamel, his antagonist, and get him to the ground.

From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne




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