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GIFT HORSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gift horse mean?
• GIFT HORSE (noun)
The noun GIFT HORSE has 1 sense:
1. a gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically
Familiarity information: GIFT HORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Hypernyms ("gift horse" is a kind of...):
gift (something acquired without compensation)
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