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get back on the horse

get back on the horse verb: to return to an activity after a period of abstaining from the activity.

Verb

get back on the horse (third-person singular simple present gets back on the horse, present participle getting back on the horse, simple past got back on the horse, past participle (UK) got back on the horse or (US) gotten back on the horse)

  1. (idiomatic) To return to an activity after a period of abstaining from the activity.
    • I have picked myself up, brushed myself off, and will get back on the horse again, but I think I'll try the bar scene for a while instead.2012, Jan Cullinane, The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

Forms of get back on the horse

third-person singular presentgets back on the horse
present participlegetting back on the horse
pastgot back on the horse
past participle UKgot back on the horse
past participle USgotten back on the horse

Questions about get back on the horse

What does get back on the horse mean?
Get back on the horse means to return to an activity after a period of abstaining from the activity.
What part of speech is get back on the horse?
Get back on the horse is a verb.
What is the past tense of get back on the horse?
The past tense of get back on the horse is got back on the horse.

Words near get back on the horse in the dictionary

  1. get away with
  2. get away with murder
  3. get away with you
  4. get back
  5. get back at
  6. get back on the horse
  7. get back on the horse that bucked one
  8. get back to
  9. get beans
  10. get behind
  11. get bent

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