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    canter

    verb
    verb
    BrE BrE//ˈkæntə(r)//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkæntər//
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCanter is used with these nouns as the subject: horse, pony See full entryVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they canter
    BrE BrE//ˈkæntə(r)//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkæntər//
     he / she / it canters
    BrE BrE//ˈkæntəz//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkæntərz//
     past simple cantered
    BrE BrE//ˈkæntəd//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkæntərd//
     past participle cantered
    BrE BrE//ˈkæntəd//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkæntərd//
     -ing form cantering
    BrE BrE//ˈkæntərɪŋ//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkæntərɪŋ//
     Equine sports
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  1. 1[intransitive, transitive] canter (something) (of a horse or rider) to move or make a horse move at a canter We cantered along the beach. compare gallop, trot See related entries: Equine sports
  2. 2canter home/to victory/to a win (in sport) to win easily Australia cantered home by 10 wickets. The team cantered to an easy win over Carlisle United.
    3.  Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a verb): short for Canterbury pace or Canterbury gallop, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury, a city in Kent, SE England.
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