Might mean (unverified): Lose, fail, or be defeated.
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▸ verb:  To take in too little ground with the forelegs, as a horse.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.

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peck, tread, dust, understep, lay the dust, jaunt, overstep, gain on, overreach, horse, more...

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peck, tread, dust, understep, lay the dust, jaunt, overstep, gain on, overreach, horse, more...



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