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I think not. It is from "Дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят" (You don't look at the teeth of a horse you got as a gift), isn't it? The meaning behind the phrase is that one can estimate the age of the...

Suffixes also change meaning, or, in this case (тащить --> затащить --> затаскивать) grammatical category, such as aspect (perfect/imperfect). -ся (сь) is a suffix for reflective verbs (mind, though,...

Or is it? I can only imagine this word used to describy climbing and exploring some not-so-user-friendly area thoroughly. Like "перелазить все стройки района". Climbing over something is "перелезать"...

It is. Note, though, that it means "I am walking downstairs", "I am currently at the stairs, going down". It makes sense in some contexts, it doesn't add up in some others. For example, imagine you...

1) They do. However, you may just use "бегу вниз по ступенькам", and it would be more natural
2) "Я бегаю вниз" and "Я хожу вниз" are different. Certainly, they do mean that you go/run down. But...

"Он постоянно лазит по деревьям"
"Сам не знаю, зачем я лажу по развалинам разрушенных зданий."
that's how.

Grammatically the word refers to a repeated, indefinite action of climbing, maybe in...

Also often used in mathematics for sequences that converge (the values come closer and closer to some points) and diverge (the values don't). I wonder if I used them in these contexts much more often...