ride
♦♦ ride /r'aɪd/ (rides riding rode ridden)
1 [VERB] V n, V, V on n, V adv/prep
When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements.
I saw a girl riding a horse...
Can you ride?...
He was riding on his horse looking for the castle...
They still ride around on horses.
2 [VERB] V n, V on n, V prep/adv
When you ride a bicycle or a motorcycle, you sit on it, control it, and travel along on it.
Riding a bike is great exercise...
Two men riding on motorcycles opened fire on him...
He rode to work on a bicycle.
3 [VERB] V in/on n, V adv/prep
When you ride in a vehicle such as a car, you travel in it.
He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine...
I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps...
4 [N-COUNT]
A ride is a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle.
Would you like to go for a ride?...
5 [N-COUNT]
In a fairground, a ride is a large machine that people ride on for fun.
6 [VERB] oft cont, V on n
If you say that one thing is riding on another, you mean that the first thing depends on the second thing.
Billions of pounds are riding on the outcome of the election...
= depend
7
see also riding
8 [PHRASE] V inflects, usu cont
If you say that someone or something is riding high, you mean that they are popular or successful at the present time.
He was riding high in the public opinion polls...
9 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you say that someone faces a rough ride, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly. (INFORMAL)
The Chancellor could face a rough ride unless the plan works...
10 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated. (INFORMAL)
When he had not returned with my money an hour later I realized that I had been taken for a ride.
11
to ride roughshod over: see roughshodride out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If someone rides out a storm or a crisis, they manage to survive a difficult period without suffering serious harm.
The ruling party think they can ride out the political storm...
He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.ride up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If a garment rides up, it moves upwards, out of its proper position.
My underskirt had ridden up into a thick band around my hips.
1 [VERB] V n, V, V on n, V adv/prep
When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements.
I saw a girl riding a horse...
Can you ride?...
He was riding on his horse looking for the castle...
They still ride around on horses.
2 [VERB] V n, V on n, V prep/adv
When you ride a bicycle or a motorcycle, you sit on it, control it, and travel along on it.
Riding a bike is great exercise...
Two men riding on motorcycles opened fire on him...
He rode to work on a bicycle.
3 [VERB] V in/on n, V adv/prep
When you ride in a vehicle such as a car, you travel in it.
He prefers travelling on the Tube to riding in a limousine...
I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps...
4 [N-COUNT]
A ride is a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle.
Would you like to go for a ride?...
5 [N-COUNT]
In a fairground, a ride is a large machine that people ride on for fun.
6 [VERB] oft cont, V on n
If you say that one thing is riding on another, you mean that the first thing depends on the second thing.
Billions of pounds are riding on the outcome of the election...
= depend
7
see also riding
8 [PHRASE] V inflects, usu cont
If you say that someone or something is riding high, you mean that they are popular or successful at the present time.
He was riding high in the public opinion polls...
9 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you say that someone faces a rough ride, you mean that things are going to be difficult for them because people will criticize them a lot or treat them badly. (INFORMAL)
The Chancellor could face a rough ride unless the plan works...
10 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated. (INFORMAL)
When he had not returned with my money an hour later I realized that I had been taken for a ride.
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to ride roughshod over: see roughshodride out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If someone rides out a storm or a crisis, they manage to survive a difficult period without suffering serious harm.
The ruling party think they can ride out the political storm...
He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.ride up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If a garment rides up, it moves upwards, out of its proper position.
My underskirt had ridden up into a thick band around my hips.