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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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.
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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
At the Beavers Bend Depot & Trail Rides, kids and families can board a one-third-scale replica of an 1863 train or canter on horseback along paths.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Then troopers and sheriff's deputies, some on horseback, attacked, beating people with batons and launching tear gas canisters.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
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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
At the Beavers Bend Depot & Trail Rides, kids and families can board a one-third-scale replica of an 1863 train or canter on horseback along paths.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Then troopers and sheriff's deputies, some on horseback, attacked, beating people with batons and launching tear gas canisters.
—Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
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“On horseback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20horseback. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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