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dismount from something to get down from something, such as a horse, bicycle, etc. She dismounted from her horse and fled into the house. Please dismount from the bicycle and wheel it into the shed. He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. Prov. Sometimes it is more dangerous to stop doing a dangerous thing than it is to continue doing it. Jill: You shouldn't take out another loan. You're already too far in debt. Jane: If I don't take out a loan, I can't make the payments on the loans I already have. You know how it is—she who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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artists working in clean, white rooms, making clean, rollable, elegant, ropy, dismountable, portable art to fit into the bed of a Ford Ranchero, to be driven to the clean, sunny parking lot of the clean new museum, where it's documented and fussed over by young curators, shown to other (young? The apparatus also includes a dismountable end cap provided with a point of attachment for an aspiration needle. |
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