Idiom
get off one's high horse
Meaning
To stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to get off your high horse and listen to me.”
“He finally got off his high horse and admitted that he made a mistake during the project.”
“The manager eventually got off his high horse, choosing to collaborate with his team rather than dictating orders from a position of perceived moral superiority.”
Examples
simple
“You need to get off your high horse and listen to me.”
contextual
“He finally got off his high horse and admitted that he made a mistake during the project.”
complex
“The manager eventually got off his high horse, choosing to collaborate with his team rather than dictating orders from a position of perceived moral superiority.”
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