Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 12 compound words that contain spurs. The most common are listed below. Open spurs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- bone spursplural of bone spur: An exostosis.
- hang up one's spursTo quit, to stop engaging in a line of work or type of activity.
- put spurs toTo prod (a mount) with spurs.
- earn one's spursSynonym of win one's spurs: To achieve recognition.
- Prince of Wales spursplural of Prince of Wales spur: A kind of flat-ended spur for horse-riding.
- spurs of the momentplural of spur of the moment: Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.
- earned one's spurssimple past and past participle of earn one's spurs
- earning one's spurspresent participle and gerund of earn one's spurs
- earns one's spursthird-person singular simple present indicative of earn one's spurs: To achieve recognition.
- earnt one's spurssimple past and past participle of earn one's spurs
- gain one's spursSynonym of win one's spurs: To achieve recognition.
- gained one's spurssimple past and past participle of gain one's spurs
- gaining one's spurspresent participle and gerund of gain one's spurs
- gains one's spursthird-person singular simple present indicative of gain one's spurs: To achieve recognition.
- hanging up one's spurspresent participle and gerund of hang up one's spurs
- hangs up one's spursthird-person singular simple present indicative of hang up one's spurs: To quit, to stop engaging in a line of work or type of activity.
- hung up one's spurssimple past and past participle of hang up one's spurs
- win one's spursTo achieve recognition.
- winning one's spurspresent participle and gerund of win one's spurs
- wins one's spursthird-person singular simple present indicative of win one's spurs: To achieve recognition.
- won one's spurssimple past and past participle of win one's spurs
- puts spurs tothird-person singular simple present indicative of put spurs to: To prod (a mount) with spurs.
- putting spurs topresent participle and gerund of put spurs to
Compound words 12
- spudsplural of spud: A potato.
- coysplural of coy: Bashful, shy, retiring.
- SpursyHaving a promising team, but losing in an embarrassing way.
- hotspursplural of hotspur: somebody who is rash, impetuous or impulsive
- larkspursplural of larkspur: A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida
- BonespursNickname for U.S. president Donald Trump.
- cockspursplural of cockspur: A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
- footspursplural of footspur: A foothill that shoots from a mountain or range in a perpendicular direction.
- forespursplural of forespur: A spur positioned at the fore, or facing forward.
- longspursplural of longspur: Any of the birds of the genus Calcarius, having a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.