mounting
/ˈmaʊntɪŋ/ adjective C2- That continues to mount; steadily rising or accumulating. · mounting debts· steadily mounting losses
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A FOX was mounting a hedge when he lost his footing and caught hold of a Bramble to save himself.
The eager children, mounting fast
Your conduct would be quite as dependent on chance as that of any man I know; and if, as you were mounting your horse, a friend were to say, ‘Bingley, you had better stay till next week,’ you would probably do it--you would probably not go--and, at another word, might stay a month.”
The messenger obeyed without the least hesitation, but rather with alacrity, and, mounting the steps at a bound, entered the hotel; five seconds afterwards he was at the door of the room.
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