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Get off your high horse
Meaning
- To stop acting superior or arrogant toward others. It is a call for humility when someone is being particularly condescending.
Challenging, blunt
Used in a sentence
- You need to get off your high horse and admit you were wrong too.
- Just get off your high horse; nobody here is better than anyone else.
- He came back from college and needs to get off his high horse before the next dinner party.
The backstory
Historically, high-ranking individuals or soldiers rode taller horses for prestige and intimidation. Getting down from that height puts you on the same level as everyone else.
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