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in the saddle

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in the saddle
in control It looks like those who oppose environmental controls are going to be in the saddle.
Related vocabulary: in the driver's seat
Etymology: based on the idea that someone who is in the saddle (seat fastened on the back of a horse) controls the horse's movements
See also: saddle


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Some dismounted, while others remained in the saddle as an earnest that their stay would be short.
As soon as he was comfortably in the saddle, he began once more 'You're my--' but here another voice broke in
He did not dream of the spike in the saddle, nor, while the saddle was empty, did it press against him.
 
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