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ride high

verb

Etymology

* Possibly an allusion to one who rides on horseback in an upright, proud, commanding manner.

Definitions

  1. To enjoy good fortune

    To enjoy good fortune; to be in a privileged situation; to be particularly happy or proud.

    • He that went away with his frock-skirts looped over his arm, comes back riding high; suddenly made one of the dignitaries of this world.
    • Many people suspect that scientists, riding high in the modern world, are uninterested in man's spiritual qualities, which cannot be subjected to test tube and microscopic analysis.
    • Sexual virility, coital potency rides high and arrogant over the commercial, artistic, social strivings of contemporary society[.]

  2. To perform the coital alignment technique.

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