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unhorse
[ uhn-hawrs ]
verb (used with object)
unhorsed, unhorsing.
- to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
Sir Gawain unhorsed the strange knight.
- to defeat; overcome; dislodge, as from a position or office:
His vigorous campaign unhorsed his adversary.
unhorse
/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ³óɔ˲õ /
verb
- usually passive to knock or throw from a horse
- to overthrow or dislodge, as from a powerful position
- rare.to unharness horses from (a carriage, etc)
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When Richard is finally unhorsed from power and swallowed into the night, we should feel relieved that his reign of terror has ended.
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Unseating Bush was daunting, as it is to unhorse any incumbent president.
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This physical expansion brought with it the soaring costs that have unhorsed so many other bricks-and-mortar retailers.
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This came after the outgoing speaker had already been unhorsed for his own ethical failings.
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An inexperienced back-bench senator thus unhorsed the party front-runner, Hillary Clinton.
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