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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

horse's mouth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) An authentic source; someone who directly experienced or witnessed something.
    • I thought it would be quicker to hear it from the horse's mouth. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 374:

Forms

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horses' mouths Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

straight from the horse's mouth