"wild horses" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-wild horses.ogg
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  1. plural of wild horse Tags: form-of, plural Form of: wild horse
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  2. (idiomatic) A force not subject to human control and normally stronger than a man. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-wild_horses-en-noun-vOA6bdYZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
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