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gotten off one's high horse

gotten off one's high horse is the 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 gotten off one's high horse

What is gotten off one's high horse the past participle of?
Gotten off one's high horse is the past participle of get off one's high horse.

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

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

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