Idiom
buck off
Meaning
Of a horse or other animal, to rear up on its hind legs in order to throw off or dislodge its rider.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The wild horse tried to buck off its rider.”
“The horse started to jump and spin, trying hard to buck off the nervous rider.”
“Despite the rider's firm grip on the reins, the frightened stallion reared up and successfully bucked off its passenger.”
Examples
simple
“The wild horse tried to buck off its rider.”
contextual
“The horse started to jump and spin, trying hard to buck off the nervous rider.”
complex
“Despite the rider's firm grip on the reins, the frightened stallion reared up and successfully bucked off its passenger.”
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