reared up
Rose on hindlegs
Reared up describes something rising or lifting suddenly, typically on hind legs.
A horse rears up when startled.
The phrase extends to things that rise imposingly: The mountain reared up before us.
When problems or obstacles rear up, they appear suddenly and threateningly: Old anxieties reared up without warning.
- upriseTo rebel or ascend
- rose upRebelled or ascended
- buckMale deer or dollar
- bucking broncoUnbroken horse resisting riders
- hind legsAnimal's back limbs
stand · looming · balked · elevate · stood tall · towering · hoist · spring · startled · fight or flight · rampant · pranced · leap · soared · surge · horse · bolted · lifted
vertical position/stance
reared uplay flat
Make horizontal and smooth
lowered · settled down · stooped · hunkered down · prostrated
rear, reared, rearing, rears, upward, upwards, uprear, upreared