come/get (down) off your high horse
Definition
› to stop talking as if you were better or more clever than other people: It's time you came down off your high horse and admitted you were wrong.Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
(Definition of come/get (down) off your high horse from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come-on line noun
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come-on noun
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come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
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come/crawl out of the woodwork idiom
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come/follow hard/hot on the heels of sth idiom
- come/get (down) off your high horse idiom
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come/get to grips with sth idiom
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come/go down in the world idiom
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come/go under the hammer idiom
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come/go/be along for the ride idiom
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come/go/turn full circle idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- highfalutin adjective
- portentous adjective
- proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- self-appointed adjective
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
- uppity adjective
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