on horseback
idiom
: on the back of a horse : by riding a horse
Before the invention of the automobile, people often traveled on horseback.
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Trail riding on horseback, archery, skiing, fly fishing and even sapphire mining from local Sapphire Mountain are all in demand but at the end of the day, everyone gathers for one of the most popular meals: hot honey fried chicken.
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Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Its 45 larger-than-life figures—cowboys on horseback, women riding sidesaddle, and lots of covered wagons— make up one of the world’s largest bronze sculpture installations.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Then, this past June saw Vogue World transform Paris’s Place Vendôme for a thrilling celebration of fashion and sport starring Bad Bunny, Kendall and Gigi (on horseback), and 683 fashion looks called in for models, dancers, athletes, and orchestra players.
—Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
That is a theme also picked up with Knowles-Carter, whose image appears in silhouette on horseback.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
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Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Its 45 larger-than-life figures—cowboys on horseback, women riding sidesaddle, and lots of covered wagons— make up one of the world’s largest bronze sculpture installations.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Then, this past June saw Vogue World transform Paris’s Place Vendôme for a thrilling celebration of fashion and sport starring Bad Bunny, Kendall and Gigi (on horseback), and 683 fashion looks called in for models, dancers, athletes, and orchestra players.
—Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
That is a theme also picked up with Knowles-Carter, whose image appears in silhouette on horseback.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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