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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
That said, Stanbury is approaching the show with a much more expressive approach to showing her life after being knocked off her high horse last season.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 June 2024
Come down off your high horse and do right by the legal, taxpaying citizens of your city!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024
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
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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 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
high horse
noun
: an arrogant and stubborn mood or attitude
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