English Explanatory Dictionary

scare the horses

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.

Word forms

scare the horses scares the horses scaring the horses scared the horses

Etymology

Probably a variation of frighten the horses of similar meaning, as in "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do? — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!"

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