back the wrong horse

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bak stressed th ee rawng, rong hawrs]
- /bæk stressed ði rɔŋ, rɒŋ hɔrs/
- /bæk ðə rɒŋ hɔːs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bak stressed th ee rawng, rong hawrs]
- /bæk stressed ði rɔŋ, rɒŋ hɔrs/

Definitions of back the wrong horse words

noun back the wrong horse to bet on a horse that loses the race 3
noun back the wrong horse to choose or support the losing side 3
noun plural back the wrong horse a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing. 1
noun plural back the wrong horse a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion. 1
noun plural back the wrong horse any of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family Equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and ass, having a thick, flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck and bearing the weight on only one functioning digit, the third, which is widened into a round or spade-shaped hoof. 1
noun plural back the wrong horse something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse. 1

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Origin of back the wrong horse

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English hors; cognate with Old Norse hross, Dutch ros, German Ross (Middle High German ros, Old High German hros); (v.) Middle English horsen to provide with horses, Old English horsian, derivative of the noun

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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