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tall in the saddle

adj

Definitions

  1. Imposing, impressive

    Imposing, impressive; resolute; manly.

    • He is tall in the saddle (6 ft. 2 in.) and so adamantine that Jennifer Jones broke her hand slapping his face.

  2. Imposingly, impressively

    Imposingly, impressively; resolutely; manfully.

    • His son noted Buckley had died "with his boots on, after a lifetime of riding pretty tall in the saddle."

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