get off high horse

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get off your high horse

to stop acting as if you are better or more intelligent than other people. He never got off his high horse long enough to consider how insulting his words were to many immigrants.

Usage notes: also used in the forms knock someone off their high horse and fall off your high horse

See also: high, horse

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