ride high
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
Be very successful or confident
Literally: sit on something tall
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The Agnelli family, which owns almost 40% of the company, was riding high.
Despite riding high at No 14 with House Of Love, the star is still battling to pay off the loan.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “ride high” mean?
Be very successful or confident Literally: sit on something tall
Is “ride high” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.