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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high′ horse′
n.
a haughty attitude.
[1375–1425]
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Noun | 1. | 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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