L43a

When somebody is going to get horses ready to work, he might say, “I’ll ________ the horses.”

HARNESS 535
HITCH UP 230
HARNESS UP 101
NR 84
HITCH 54
GEAR UP 38
RIG UP 22
GEAR 18
HOOK UP 16
CURRY 13
BREAK 5
PUT THE HARNESS ON 5
HOOK ‘EM UP 4
RIG 4
PUT THE GEARS ON 3
CATCH OUT 2
GET 2
GROOM 2
PUT THE GEAR ON 2
“CLEAN ‘EM, CURRY ‘EM” 1
BREAKING THEM 1
BRIDLE 1
BRUSH 1
CATCH 1
CLEAN 1
CURRY AND HARNESS 1
GEAR THE HORSE UP 1
GEAR THEM UP 1
GET THE HORSES READY 1
GET UP 1
GIT THE HORSES READY 1
HARNESS AND HOOK ‘EM UP 1
HARNESS MY HORSES UP 1
HITCH ‘EM UP 1
HITCH ON 1
HITCH THEM UP 1
JINGLE 1
KETCH OUT 1
NH 1
PREPARE 1
PUT THE LEATHER ON 1
REIN 1
SADDLE 1
SADDLE ‘EM UP 1
SADDLE UP 1
TEAM UP 1
WORK OUT 1
YOKE 1

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