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tall in the saddle en · ADJ
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(idiomatic, of a person) 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.
1966 August 12, “The Graven Image”, in TIME, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2008:
tall in the saddle en · ADV
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(idiomatic, of a person) Imposingly, impressively; resolutely; manfully.
His son noted Buckley had died "with his boots on, after a lifetime of riding pretty tall in the saddle."
2008 February 27, Conservative Author Buckley Dead at 82, Associated Press:
Deriveds
ride tall in the saddle
Relateds
in the saddle