buck off

buck off

Of a horse, to stand on its back legs, in an attempt to knock a rider off its back. A noun or pronoun can be used between "buck" and "off." Be careful with that horse—he's pretty ornery and might try to buck you off.
See also: buck, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

buck someone off

[for a horse or similar animal] to rear up in an attempt to shake off its rider. The horse tried to buck Sharon off, but she held on tight. The horse bucked off its rider.
See also: buck, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cut back
  • choke back
  • brush back
  • back off
  • back off, to
  • claw back
  • bring back
  • chop back
  • come back and see us
  • back over (someone or something)
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The book's three thematically related short stories--one about a boy secretly loved by a princess, a second about a frog who wants to make a buck off divinity, and a third about a woman with a strange connection to Nigeria--delve deeply into the use and misuse of fantasy.
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Rarely present in BBS himself, Scott stitches together scraps of his subjects' recollections into eight topical narrative collages focusing on different aspects of BBS culture, from the quixotic struggle to make a buck off the boards to the fierce rivalries between the BBS art groups, teams of graphically gifted kids who competed to produce the most dazzling images working from a palate of clunky colored blocks.
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It's probably publishers Penguin - eager to make a quick buck off chef Jamie's back - who pushed her into it.
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The sheer multitude of unscrupulous characters searching for any way to make a quick buck off of the hard work of others makes it nearly impossible to avoid becoming a victim in one way or another.
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If they can make a buck off your hard work, well, good for them.
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While Ken and Jackie are watching the sun go down tonight with a glass of Cobra in their hand and not a care in the world, sports betting junkies like us will be frantically ringing our bookies and clicking our mouses trying to earn a fast buck off tonight's football action.
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