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high centre

verb — 4 senses

high centre

verbalso spelled high-centre
1

To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

2

To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

  • He was afraid to get in with the cat because there was nowhere to push the snow, and as there was no side to push it to, he was afraid of getting high centred.1997, Ruth Oltmann, My Valley the Kananaskis, →ISBN, page 56:

high-centre

verb
1

To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

  • I became worried about high-centring the car, so I pulled it off to the side and began walking.2013, Daniel Baylis, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 390:
  • Trying to pull out, he high-centred the truck on a stump.2009, David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada, →ISBN, page 64:
2

To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for high centre and high-centre.