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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Spread-eagle

(To). To fly away like a spread-eagle; to beat. (Sporting term.)

“You'll spread-eagle all the [other] cattle in a brace of shakes.” —Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap. ix.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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