to mount
- verb
- /maʊnt/
- Mount up!
- mount a horse
- mounted soldiers
- mounted troops
Examples
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Mount up, we're going after them!
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Mount up.
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I got to mount up.
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You and I both know we'll be dead before we mount our horses.
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I'm about to mount this here beauty.
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Mount the mule and ride!
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Okay, mount up.
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Cavalry, mount up.
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HANNlBAL: Let's mount up.
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She expertly mounted her horse before setting off on the trail.
Synonyms
To get onto something like a horse, bike, or bus quickly and lightly
Climb onto a horse or bike
To get up onto the back or top of something, especially an animal
To get quickly onto the back of something like a horse or bike
To get onto the back of an animal like a horse to ride it
To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something like a horse
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Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
The highest mountain in the world on the border between Nepal and China, rising about 8,848 meters
- Literature
A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
A mountain in southern Sinai that people believe is where Moses received the Ten Commandments
- Literature
The highest mountain in Greece that ancient Greeks thought was the home of the Greek gods
The highest mountain in Africa, in northeastern Tanzania, that rises to 5,895 meters
A tall mountain in south-central Alaska that is the highest peak in North America
A volcano near Naples in southern Italy famous for its AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
A mountain ridge by the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel with important biblical history
Former official name of Tajikistan's highest peak, now called Ismoil Somoni Peak
- New Zealand
A New Zealand plant with large white flowers that comes back each year in mountains
The second highest mountain in the world on the border of Pakistan and China, called K2
- Literature
A mountain in central Greece linked with poetry, music and artistic inspiration
- Literature
A mountain in Jordan where Moses saw the Promised Land, also used as the name for hills and parks
A national park in Washington state with a high volcano, glaciers, and mountain lakes
- Specialized
A system that lets computers write files to writable CDs in the background and fix bad parts on the disc
The highest mountain in Mexico, an inactive volcano between Mexico City and Veracruz
A Roman Catholic religious group that dates from the 1100s and is devoted to the Virgin Mary and prayer
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Etymology
Mount meaning 'to get up on' comes from Old French monter which means 'to climb' or 'get on'. That is why you 'mount' a horse or bike when you climb up to ride it.