saddle up
phrasal verb
saddled up; saddling up; saddles up
: to get on a horse
He saddled up and rode away.
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It’s been almost one year since Post Malone saddled up and dropped his chart-topping country set, F-1 Trillion.
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Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2025
The pig’s mouth revealed its ordinary sharp, tusk-like canines saddled up beside smaller, slightly more human-looking teeth nubs.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
Your best bet is to saddle up on a mountain bike (Desert Sports has rentals from $50 a day) and pedal the 60-mile IMBA Epic that combines singletrack, dirt roads, and dry creek beds to deliver you deep into the heart of the park.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Hoping to out-Elon Elon, Gov. Ron DeSantis saddled up and brought out his own little DOGE-y last week, a prancing pony of an excuse for real governing.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
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Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2025
The pig’s mouth revealed its ordinary sharp, tusk-like canines saddled up beside smaller, slightly more human-looking teeth nubs.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
Your best bet is to saddle up on a mountain bike (Desert Sports has rentals from $50 a day) and pedal the 60-mile IMBA Epic that combines singletrack, dirt roads, and dry creek beds to deliver you deep into the heart of the park.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Hoping to out-Elon Elon, Gov. Ron DeSantis saddled up and brought out his own little DOGE-y last week, a prancing pony of an excuse for real governing.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Saddle up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saddle%20up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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