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Examples of high horse in a Sentence
I won't deal with you until you get off your high horse and stop patronizing me.
Recent Examples on the Web
The novel endures thanks to its keen understanding that many people in this town see movies as a metaphor, a proxy for other forms of currency: the tax break, the blind item, the call sheet, the high horse.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But not enough to allow the Beavers to get on a high horse.
—oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
No Miss Piggy: Sounds like your partner is a bit up on his high horse regarding his workout routine.
—Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
Stay off your high horse while Mars aggravates Uranus.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
Chase may be sitting on the high horse today—flush with deposits and sky-high interest income – but its day is coming soon as well.
—Don Muir, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
Getting off my high horse, here’s one of my extended puns — straight from the horse’s mouth.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
In response, Heiners tells her to get off her high horse.
—Joanna Biggs, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Daniel Roher just knocked Putin off his high horse, dedicating his Oscar to political prisoners around the world.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined above
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“High horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20horse. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
high horse
noun
: an arrogant and stubborn mood or attitude
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