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mount the high horse

mount the high horse verb: to get on one's high horse.

Verb

mount the high horse (third-person singular simple present mounts the high horse, present participle mounting the high horse, simple past and past participle mounted the high horse)

  1. (archaic) To get on one's high horse.

Forms of mount the high horse

third-person singular presentmounts the high horse
present participlemounting the high horse
past participlemounted the high horse
pastmounted the high horse

Questions about mount the high horse

What does mount the high horse mean?
Mount the high horse means to get on one's high horse.
What part of speech is mount the high horse?
Mount the high horse is a verb.
What is the past tense of mount the high horse?
The past tense of mount the high horse is mounted the high horse.

Words near mount the high horse in the dictionary

  1. Mount Tam
  2. Mount Tamalpais
  3. Mount Tassie
  4. Mount Taylor
  5. Mount Tenandra
  6. mount the high horse
  7. Mount Thorley
  8. Mount Tomah
  9. Mount Toolebewong
  10. Mount Tsurugi
  11. Mount Union

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