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high horse

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high horse
n. Informal
A mood or attitude of stubborn arrogance or contempt: Get down off your high horse and apologize.
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Noun1.high horse - an attitude of arrogant superiority; "get off your high horse and admit you are wrong"
attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"


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Different women have different ways of riding the high horse.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Rose came down from her high horse with a rapidity that was comical, for Ariadne had the upper hand now.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
) "He's an amusing fellow; and I've no objection to his making one at the Oyster Club; but he's a bit too fond of riding the high horse.
Brother Jacob by Eliot, George View in context
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