Usually means: Rise on hind legs, elevate.
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  1. rear up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. rear up: Wiktionary
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  1. rear up: Idioms

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  1. rear up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. rear up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rear up)

▸ verb:  To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.

Similar:
rear back, pigroot, buck, horse, buckjump, take horse, boot, cheek, repasture, back, more...

Opposite:
front down, lower, descend

Phrases:
rear oneself up, more...

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Similar:
rear back, pigroot, buck, horse, buckjump, take horse, boot, cheek, repasture, back, more...

Opposite:
front down, lower, descend

Phrases:
rear oneself up, more...



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