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gallop verb
/ˈgæl.əp/ v Definition
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[I or T] (of a horse) to run fast so that all four feet come off the ground together in each act of forward movement, or (of a person) to ride a horse that is running in this way•
[I usually + adverb or preposition] informal to move or act quicklyIt is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war.
(Definition of gallop verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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