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Meanings of get cocky in English

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Usage of get cocky in English
1
In short, they behave like traders on a roll; they get cocky.
The Guardian
2
You can't get cocky and choose when you take the yellow jersey.
The Guardian
3
Don't get cocky, writer boy, now comes the hard part.
Heat Rises
4
Then I'd eat the winner so he wouldn't get cocky.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
5
Of course, now we're floating in an extended void, so best not to get cocky.
Crewel
6
Don't get cocky but that's as good as it gets in the Round of 16.
News.com.au
7
Meanwhile, Dr Phelps was refusing to get cocky.
News.com.au
8
Don't get cocky just because it's tied up.
The dark griffin
9
She'd hoped they would get cocky, mess up, but they were apparently too good for that.
Big sky standoff
10
She wants to hate Matthew but she can't help but think she let herself get cocky.
News.com.au
11
Sooner or later all crooks get cocky enough, doped up enough, or in debt enough to ignore moderation.
It Must Be Love
12
You're worried that I'll get cocky.
Exit strategy
13
But don't get cocky.
Wired
14
Don't get cocky, Stevens.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
15
Don't get cocky, child.
No mercy
16
I began to get cocky too, and took a few glances at the audience out of the corner of my eye.
Violists
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