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oot owre

prepositional phraseaction

over or across; nearby, used as command

Over or on top of something; can also mean at a short distance away, and is used as a command telling a dog to go over or across an obstacle.

Example in use

“She pit the baskit oot owre the dyke.”

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/OOT-OWR/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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