get back on the horse

English

Verb

get back on the horse (third-person singular simple present gets back on the horse, present participle getting back on the horse, simple past got back on the horse, past participle (UK) got back on the horse or (US) gotten back on the horse)

  1. (idiomatic) To return to an activity after a period of abstaining from the activity.
    • 2012, Jan Cullinane, The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement‎[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
      I have picked myself up, brushed myself off, and will get back on the horse again, but I think I'll try the bar scene for a while instead.

Usage notes

Fairly commonly used to refer to returning to dating.

See also

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