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ridden on the back of

ridden on the back of is the past participle of ride on the back of.

Meaning of ride on the back of

Verb

ride on the back of (third-person singular simple present rides on the back of, present participle riding on the back of, simple past rode on the back of, past participle ridden on the back of)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make use of; to take advantage of.
    • Residential C-banders have been, and will continue to ride on the back of commercial C-band technology. And with millions of dollars' worth of C-band birdies orbiting our planet, I believe it is highly unlikely the programming choices will become reduced.2006 January 30, Maxodyne, “Re: 4DTV Future 2006”, in alt.video.satellite.4dtv (Usenet)

Questions about ridden on the back of

What is ridden on the back of the past participle of?
Ridden on the back of is the past participle of ride on the back of.

Words near ridden on the back of in the dictionary

  1. ridden hard and put away wet
  2. ridden herd on
  3. ridden off into the sunset
  4. ridden on
  5. ridden on a rail
  6. ridden on the back of
  7. ridden one's bumper
  8. ridden one's luck
  9. ridden or died
  10. ridden out
  11. ridden out the storm

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