get back on the horse that bucked one

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

1. (idiomatic) To return to something that previously caused harm.

See also

• take a hair of the dog that bit one