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ridden over

ridden over is the past participle of ride over.

Meaning of ride over

Verb

ride over (third-person singular simple present rides over, present participle riding over, simple past rode over, past participle ridden over)

  1. Synonym of ride roughshod over.
    • This trampler upon human rights is — Fashion.
      Strange that mankind should love a despotism,
      And while they kick against one kind of rule,
      Should uncomplainingly endure another,[…]
      They yet should pay a tyrant to ride over them,
      Saddling themselves with never ending taxes!1871, James Hurnard, The setting sun, a poem, page 86

Questions about ridden over

What is ridden over the past participle of?
Ridden over is the past participle of ride over.

Words near ridden over in the dictionary

  1. ridden one's bumper
  2. ridden one's luck
  3. ridden or died
  4. ridden out
  5. ridden out the storm
  6. ridden over
  7. ridden pillion
  8. ridden rantipole
  9. ridden roughshod over
  10. ridden rusty
  11. ridden Saint George

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