One draws one's horns in when faced with harsh criticism, preferring to listen rather than argue.

Polishing one's rocket requires patience and precision before the demonstration.

Her insistence on handling the machine without training was putting one in hospital, so the company finally enforced new safety rules.

A single misstep on the icy pavement often puts one in hospital.

By pulling in one's horns, one can avoid unnecessary conflict.

No one sat on one's arse during the emergency—everyone helped.

During the long lecture, one sits on one's arse and watches the clock.

He recited the old command, "stricken one's flag", before ordering the crew to lower the colors.

Anyone who pushed one's luck by ignoring the warnings usually ended up paying the price.

During the code review, we found several off-by-one errors that caused incorrect array indexing.