in the saddle

Meaning

1. 1

   in a position of authority and control

2. 2

   riding a horse

   Three weeks after the accident he was back in the saddle.

In the movies · 5

• The workers were really in the saddle then...Slacker1990
• Eighty riders were in the saddle at all times, night and day, in all weather.How the West Was Won1962
• Ain't been in the saddle myself in a while.Unforgiven1992
• to get back in the saddle again.Deadpool 22018
• Days when you can't even sit up in the saddle straight?The Sisters Brothers2018
• ...but they are back in the saddle with a new coach, a new team...We Are Marshall2006
• Not your saddle. Not your horse.The Musketeer2001
• What'd you get saddled with?Coraline2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Slacker1990
  • The Dreamer Explains His Reality Theory
  • A Man Dictates The Gambler
  • The Moon Landing Was a Cover-Up

From the same entry

• saddle up
• saddle with