high-centre
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See also: high centre
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]high-center, high centre, high center
Verb
[edit]high-centre (third-person singular simple present high-centres, present participle high-centring, simple past and past participle high-centred)
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
- 2013, Daniel Baylis, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 390:
- I became worried about high-centring the car, so I pulled it off to the side and began walking.
- 2009, David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada, →ISBN, page 64:
- Trying to pull out, he high-centred the truck on a stump.
- (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.