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gets off one's high horse

gets off one's high horse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get off one's high horse.

Meaning of get off one's high horse

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)

  1. (idiomatic) 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

Questions about gets off one's high horse

What is gets off one's high horse the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets off one's high horse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get off one's high horse.

Words near gets off one's high horse in the dictionary

  1. gets off on the right foot
  2. gets off on the wrong foot
  3. gets off one's ass
  4. gets off one's backside
  5. gets off one's chest
  6. gets off one's high horse
  7. gets off someone's back
  8. gets off someone's case
  9. gets off the ground
  10. gets off the mark
  11. gets off the nut

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