I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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We galloped along the sand, and I knew what had happened long before we reached the rocks where the King lay.
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Second, they saw foreign stock markets galloping along , delivering returns in the high double digits.
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Hamilton's career has galloped along the fast track.
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I could see the ground far below me as we galloped along .
away
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She galloped away towards the rear of the convoy of carts and attendants.
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When driven toward the precipice, they would swerve at the edge to right or left and gallop away .
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Both the top and bottom doors were flung back and the great war horse had apparently galloped away pursued by grooms.
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Top competitors will gallop away with gleaming belt buckles and up to $ 2, 500 in prize money.
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It recovered, struggled to its feet and galloped away up the canyon, riderless, trappings flying.
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Some one grabbed his arm, and led him to a waiting horse on which he galloped away leaving behind his winnings.
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Infuriated, he seized the goblet, leapt on his horse and galloped away .
back
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The Dragoons closest to the Prussians immediately turned and galloped back up the slope towards their comrades.
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Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.
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It is premature, then, to say that the western has galloped back to centre screen.
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General Bee wheeled his horse and galloped back to his command.
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At a quarter to eleven she galloped back up to the attic room.
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He grinned, got up behind me and we galloped back across the flats.
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Along the edge of the plain the outriders that Burun had planted were galloping back to join the main body.
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Before he could stop them the memories came galloping back .
off
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And if the herd is threatened, they will gallop off together or maybe huddle together, touching each other for reassurance.
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I saw three horses galloping off , dragging a fourth, which was dead.
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Bare chested and wet trousered, the job done, they swank before their audience then gallop off to Fair Hill.
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In the end, I could only escape by galloping off , leaving him in full flow, and diving into a shop.
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The deer shook itself and galloped off .
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With that, I galloped off for the train, and even had time for a drink before it left.
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The two of them galloped off down the steep grass bank.
■ NOUN
horse
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A black horse was galloping down it, frisking his back legs like a colt.
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Want to show a horse galloping ?
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Before my friends could do anything, Rupert of Hentzau was on his horse and galloping through the trees.
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General Bee wheeled his horse and galloped back to his command.
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The white horse of heroin galloped to my side.
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Directly one poor fellow of the escort was dismounted, and his horse galloped frantically over the fields.
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Both the top and bottom doors were flung back and the great war horse had apparently galloped away pursued by grooms.
horses
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The excitement of a group of horses galloping together with hounds at heel would be just as intense.
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I saw three horses galloping off, dragging a fourth, which was dead.
■ VERB
come
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Ralph Lauren's Polo aftershave came galloping into the kitchen, followed shortly by a now fully clothed Lee.
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I was saved by Fritz, who came galloping round the castle to find me.
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Before he could stop them the memories came galloping back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A thoroughbred can gallop a mile in about 90 seconds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A youngster identified with a mustang goes galloping down the street with a new vitality and personality.
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As she felt her way forward, suddenly a knight on horseback galloped past her.
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Golden Larch got up and galloped to the finish line.
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He jumped on bareback, stuck to her like a leech and galloped her flat out through the crowd.
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Isabella gallops around, winning battles, expelling Moors from strongholds, her appetites expanding by the week.
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Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.
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Ralph Lauren's Polo aftershave came galloping into the kitchen, followed shortly by a now fully clothed Lee.
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She galloped past the rabbit hutches, the ducks swaying towards the pond.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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They had only about one hundred and fifty yards to gather speed and could not achieve a full gallop in the time.
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Russell mounted his horse, rode off, and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.
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The point has been reached where a horse can be photographed in full gallop .
■ VERB
break
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She shivered inwardly, a delicious sensation, and felt her heart break into a gallop .
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The horse broke into a furious gallop .
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When the group got closer, they broke into a gallop and charged the small party.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the fears and stresses of these last weeks deserted her on that gallop .
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Always trying to get me up early for gallops through the morning mist.
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Docklands Express pleased connections in a racecourse gallop at Newbury recently.
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He even broke down one horse in an effort to understand the gallop which had constantly eluded him.
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Over the holidays, the creep turned into a gallop .
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The promising centre touched down after an 80-yard gallop .
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They saw him and kicked their horses forward so Sharpe turned his tired mare northwards, and spurred her into a gallop .