Misride

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To ride badly or wrongly.

    "A glance suffices to tell him if a horse has been "stiffened," and clever indeed must that jockey be who can pull or misride a horse without his eager eye detecting him."

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"A glance suffices to tell him if a horse has been "stiffened," and clever indeed must that jockey be who can pull or misride a horse without his eager eye detecting him."

Etymology

From mis- + ride.

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