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got off one's high horse

got off one's high horse is the simple past and past participle 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 got off one's high horse

What is got off one's high horse the simple past and past participle of?
Got off one's high horse is the simple past and past participle of get off one's high horse.

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

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

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