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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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Kick over the traces
(...) Alludes to a horse that steps on the wrong side of the straps that link it to whatever it is pulling.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
(...) Usage notes: Traces are long pieces of leather which join a vehicle to the horse which is pulling it. If a horse kicks over the traces, it kicks its legs over these pieces of leather and goes out of control.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary
Do the usage notes on "kick over the traces" anywhere suggest that if the horse jumps over deliberately or accidentally?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
(...) Usage notes: Traces are long pieces of leather which join a vehicle to the horse which is pulling it. If a horse kicks over the traces, it kicks its legs over these pieces of leather and goes out of control.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary
Do the usage notes on "kick over the traces" anywhere suggest that if the horse jumps over deliberately or accidentally?
Top answer
No.
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