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shanks' mare

or shank's mare

noun

  1. one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another:

    The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. ride shanks' mare, to go on foot rather than ride; walk:

    It was such a delightful day that we decided to ride shanks' mare to the fair.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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