get off one's high horse
get off one's high horse verb: to stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.
Verb
get off one's high horse (third-person singular simple present gets off one's high horse, present participle getting off one's high horse, simple past got off one's high horse, past participle (UK) got off one's high horse or (US) gotten off one's high horse)
- To stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.
- I can't get off my high horse / And I can't let you go / You are the one who / You are the one who makes me feel / So real, yeah, yeah, yeah1984, Jocelyn Brown, “Somebody Else's Guy”, in Somebody Else's Guy
Forms of get off one's high horse
| third-person singular present | gets off one's high horse |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting off one's high horse |
| past | got off one's high horse |
| past participle UK | got off one's high horse |
| past participle US | gotten off one's high horse |
Questions about get off one's high horse
- What does get off one's high horse mean?
- Get off one's high horse means to stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.
- What part of speech is get off one's high horse?
- Get off one's high horse is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get off one's high horse?
- The past tense of get off one's high horse is got off one's high horse.
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