rear up

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rear up

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From rear + up.

verb rears up · rearing up · reared up

intransitive To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs. She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off; […]

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verb to rise up on the hind legs - usually referring to a horse

Español	encabritarse, empinarse
Deutsch	sich aufbäumen

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@misc{rear_up_2026,
  title = {rear up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rear%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}